[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS and Intel Atom Avoton vs. Rangeley

[Eric Sproul]

On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Kai Meder <kai at meder.info> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am about to buy either the new Intel Atom C2750 "Avoton" or C2758
> "Rangeley", difference being higher Turbo Clocks (Avoton) vs. Intel
> QuickAssist support (Rangeley).
>
> Does OmniOS take any advantage of Rangeleys QuickAssist featureset or is any
> support forseeable in the future?

My guess is no.  I can't make sense of the marketing buzzword-laden
press releases that I see.  It seems to be aimed more at
single-purpose embedded use cases, and not likely to be found on
general-purpose deployments.

>
> Avoton is about 30 EUR more expensive than Rangeley, so if there is only the
> slightest support for Rangeley I would buy it and save some money. However,
> if there is absolutely no point in buying Rangeleys QuickAssist-thingy, I
> will choose Avoton's higher clock speeds and its 30 eur premium...

TurboBoost at least stands a chance of helping a typical OS workload.  :)

Eric