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How would you power and cool such a beast? What kind of workloads would benefit from that much RAM while running happily on a CPU that fits on a typical SBC layout?

If you want a tiny workstation-class system, there are entirely decent mini ITX board you can stuff a recent AMD or Intel chip and tons of RAM into. You'll need a desktop-class cooling system and power supply, though, and it'll still have the footprint of 6-8 of these board, and probably about 15x the total volume and power consumption.



the H2s in my prior comment are fanless and run off 14V to 20V(?) DC - I bought a 400W power supply from mouser(?) and figure that should power more machines then I'll ever need. (Power supply is way overkill, not sure why I got one so big :-P )


And, if you really want an ARM to play with, you can pick an Ampere eMag workstation.




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