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Kaleao is a startup developing ARM-based servers and hyper-converged appliances under a KMAX brand. Its marketing-speak says it has a “true convergence” approach, it involves “physicalization” and there is a “microvisor” – oh dear, what does this mean? The KMAX product comes in server and appliance forms. The servers use 64- …

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  1. Voland's right hand Silver badge

    Cool design

    Reminds me of the AtomSmasher PCI switch torus server designs which AMD gobbled and (unfortunately) let fester and putrefy ~ 7 years ago. They had similar virtualization for IO and network, without the compute part.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Cool design

      Hmm, 8 ARM cores and 4GB of RAM. When is someone going to machine a chassis that you can fill with off-the-shelf Android phones, all plugged into a USB-C backplane? UPS included for free!

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  2. frank ly

    Thank you

    "The net net is that Kaleao offers deeper convergence, not true or even untrue convergence."

    I think it's a superposition of an orthogonal set of convergences.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Thank you

      I think the author was drunk and making it all up.

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      1. Robin
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        Re: Thank you

        Either that, or Donald Rumsfeld was involved.

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  3. Tom 64
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    If those numbers really stack up...

    ... I'm sure it will have legs. Looking forward to some reviews vs some x86 kit.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    Dear Reg,

    "Physicalization" is not a word.

    Thanks.

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    1. maffski
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      "Physicalization" is not a word.

      Tell my 3d printer that.

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  5. Andy The Hat Silver badge

    Doh!

    I got the 'it's a boxy server thing' bit but true hyper micro-converged-visor physicalized nics?

    Just "Doh!"

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Doh!

      To differentiate them from all the imaginarized nics you might have in your shoes, or up your bottom, or wherever?

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  6. Anonymous Coward
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    Cache...

    > "128GB NV cache"

    This sounds like a lot of cache...

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  7. returnofthemus

    This is going to be BIG!

    Introducing HP Moonshot (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqPPn018Vzk)

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