Security and open source at the hardware/software interface. Embedded sec @ IOActive. Lead dev of ngscopeclient/libscopehal. GHz probe designer. Open source networking hardware. "So others may live"
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Last Notes npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg The design target for this filter was 10.25 GHz Fc and 250 MHz -3 dB BW. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…t7ks so i just wanted it to function long enough to smoke test npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…cllx @nprofile…huwm 7.4 tflops fp64 is quite good, although volta is ancient enough NSight probably doesn't support it anymore. Also i retired a kepler quadro recently because the driver no longer compiled on a current Debian kernel. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…huwm I've talked to the Sonnet people about GPU accelerating their solver as well. It's definitely something I want to think about. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg I'm offering my oscilloscope probing class in Europe for the first time! If you're in or near the Netherlands, consider signing up. Space is limited to 10 students to ensure everyone has enough lab time; two spaces are already taken. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…ptud is it bad that I know it's a 3m 6000 series instantly? npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…skdr It is a huge pain in the butt to configure and I really don't like the architecture. They're also close to $100 in low volume and lack a bunch of features the STM32s have that I consider key for useful embedded stuff ,most notably a hard TRNG and AES accelerator npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Once again daydreaming about a "baby zynq" microcontroller with a STM32H7 class processor and memory subsystem attached to a few kluts of low power FPGA with hard APB/AHB/AXI (depending on how big they want to make it) ports, a bunch of dedicated or muxable GPIOs, etc. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…3tsk also i think you have to add -c:v libx264 before the -x509 npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…3tsk shitposts for a very specific audience npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…k7h5 @nprofile…skdr I cannot even load the analog.com home page npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg For decades there's been a conflict between governments wanting to get access to people's private data and people trying to keep them out. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…mdnh this is using electric fields to propel atmospheric gas particles as reaction mass? Like an ion rocket crossed with a ramjet? npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Just set up some new IAQ monitoring stations around the house. Still want to put one in the bedroom to see how stuffy it gets at night with the door closed, but I only had four units so this is what I started with. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…3q9y pixel 9 pro and i see clouds npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…94p0 HBM is mounted to the chip substrate not the PCB, it's not really possible to rework practically unless you're making your own silicon interposer and even if you did I'm not sure how you'd extract it without destroying it. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Huh, my local library's little news magazine is no longer called "Inspire". npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…kuux As of right now, we have: npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Hmmm. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg ILA is now working, but only for single-bit signals. Multi-bit still needs a data type defined in ngscopeclient (yes, we've gone this long without defining a multi bit waveform type) npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…6cfx I plan to be building out a bunch of DP stuff in ngscopeclient soon if that will be helpful for you? npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Chat what kind of fiber connector is this npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…u57d but like this Ti375 has 1344 DSP tiles that can each do one 19x18 integer + 48 bit accumulate, or a BFLOAT16 FMA, per clock at 1 GHz in the -4 speedgrade. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…u57d I tend not to do much number crunching on FPGAs, I use them mostly for high speed digital packet datapaths and data shuffling between network interfaces, ADCs, etc. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…vkla It seems more like weird analog quirks where they have two different equalizer algorithms for different data patterns, and somehow there was a bug where they tied that to the datapath width somehow npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Cursed. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Setting up the Efinix devkit so I can bring up Ethernet on the SFP+ interfaces and sniff with my big scope to validate. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…e6sg the STM32 can only do gen2 x1 while the efinix devkit can do gen4... x4 I think, but that's plenty for my use case, I just want a SoC connected to an FPGA via a simple memory mapped interface with a minimum of IOs. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…e6sg yeah mini pcie supports usb instead of pcie over the same connector (as does M.2). I don't plan to use it. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Well this is cursed. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg One thing I would like to do is get visibility into consumption of the HVAC unit. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg And which is more energy efficient if I'm not in a hurry. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg So apparently running massive EM solver simulations makes my workstation draw enough power compared to normal usage that it shows up in the lab-wide power usage graphs. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…pfl7 Meanwhile, SPST... npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Bit into a chocolate truffle from a local candy shop that was a kind of hemispherical shape, perhaps made from a flat chocolate base that had a blob of filling put on it and then encapsulated in more chocolate. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…5yze Sadly I don't get to dictate what products the school first aid kit stocks lol. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…5yze Sadly neither exists in the US to my knowledge, although the parent company may well sell the same product here under a different brand. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Do all bandaids use the same type of adhesive or are there multiple kinds in use? Kid seems to be allergic to at least some of them. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…luht Sounds like people aren't waiting long enough for the fire to get started before cooking because they're in a hurry. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…a9g6 @nprofile…jckl (and paying a Dutch lawyer to answer them properly would almost certainly cost more than the training would pay) npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…a9g6 @nprofile…jckl It would also depend on the specific legal definition of "education" - a formal accredited academic institution teaching courses in pursuit of a degree? Or any paid service whose primary function is to convey useful information to a student regardless of subject matter? These are not straightforward questions and I'm pretty sure the answers are all written in Dutch legalese npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…jckl Netherlands npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…kgg0 I care more about relative time/frequency than absolute time. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…kgg0 (but if you really want good time depending on how crazy you are... GPS + PPS, PTP, or white rabbit) npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Did you know that every catgirl has a maximum operating frequency determined by its size and dielectric constant? npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…kflw there's a reason I'm 99% WFH these days lol. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Which one of these BGA fanouts is better? npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Looking at more rocks in the backyard with the kid. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg I don't know what kind of ceramic / glaze Thorlabs makes their mugs out of but when I'm microwaving a hot drink in one the handle is completely room temperature coming out. Almost no RF absorption or conduction from the hot liquid. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…3y57 the speeds and feeds are all wrong on every chocolate chip I've ever seen. Just look at how they're shaped, are they work hardening the stock or something?? npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Just realized I forgot to include context... this is one of the fanout traces going from the XCKU5P on the LATENTRED switch mainboard to one of the Samtec ARF6 connectors that go to the QSGMII line cards and SFP28 uplinks. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Ok so... First simulation pass on a SERDES track is done. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…kuux white rabbit stereo system npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Found the first bug before even starting the SI simulations I had planned to be running. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…k7h5 Once you finish the reballing tests if you send me the intact chip I wanted to test some higher end techniques on the mill for better-planarity substrate delayering. I can also do really high res imaging of each layer. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Metal 1, coming up on the underside of the die. You can see all of the little wire bond rings, 4-5 concentric rings of wire bonds. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Metal 2. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…k7h5 I haven't checked against the ftg256 pinout to see what they're matching but i found it interesting too. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg I could have stopped to image as the ring of copper shrunk inward, but I had good enough views through the soldermask that I didn't bother. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…7q7j "a 5 gallon Coke, got it. Will that be all? We offer a 20% combo discount if you get the 55 gallon drum of popcorn with it" npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…7q7j somebody's been looking at movie theater beverage sizes npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Hey @nprofile…a2ht new cursed idea if you're interested: QSFP+ to 4x RJ45 Ethernet module. I'm not sure if 4 rows, 4 columns, or 2x2 would look more absurd. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…huwm I've put a ceiling of about 1.5 on my PUE measuring lab UPS vs whole building power draw. Don't yet have finer grained measurements to pin it down more precisely npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…9ylh for what sort of work? Tablet plus external keyboard is pretty portable and light as long as you're not doing anything too heavy. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg That's somewhat approximate because I don't know how accurate the 330W baseline number is (I've seen as low as 309W during idle-ish conditions) but I'm confident in saying each build costs me <2 cents in electricity. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Just finished the first CI build with real time energy usage tracking. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg And looks like my normal baseline is ~330W with all of my normal base VM load but not pushing it too hard (i.e. not doing a CI build or anything) npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg 270-277W at xcp-ng idle with no vms running npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Now to see how power hungry it is. 200-270W during POST lol npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg All done. Still more room for a single slot AMD card in the future. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Soo according to Anthropic (https://www.anthropic.com/institute/recursive-self-improvement) they are thinking of slowing or halting frontier model development, but only if their competition does so as well and they have a nuclear-disarmament-style inspection process to verify this is the case. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…k7h5 so how do usb a-c cables where there no cc on the far side work? Is there a resistor in the cable? npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Cursed USB problem: I have a USB-C charge cable next to my bed that only charges my phone in one orientation. Flip it over and nothing happens. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Looking at our demand graphs and instantaneous usage, the hot water heater is actually one of our biggest non-lab power users (the power draw is pretty flat with big spikes every time we run the water heater). npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Yesterday was another interesting solar record: the 88.6 kWh of solar production didn't quite beat Saturday's record of 93... but our grid power consumption was the lowest I can recall seeing. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg I guess add this to the list of other things I wish the tech industry would build that they aren't... npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Sooo any chance the rtx spark will get to keep the big mellanox nic the dgx version has? npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…ec5a @nprofile…92fk @nprofile…m7ah @nprofile…m5ua @nprofile…vnlz maybe my business pipe is qos'd higher but i can hit the specced speeds with some consistency. Especially upload, during offsite backup refreshes i peg it for hours npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…92fk @nprofile…m7ah @nprofile…m5ua @nprofile…vnlz @nprofile…ec5a yep same here i can upgrade to 1g or more down but that's like 1g x 35 or something ludicrously unbalanced. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…m7ah @nprofile…vnlz @nprofile…ec5a i want someone who will just run 10gbase-lr to my house and bill at 95th percentile usage or something but nobody does that :p npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…ec5a *looks at comcast business pipe with 35 Mbps upload and cries* npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…69vm @nprofile…2fsd rofl you have to do that on the qa stickers npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…2fsd i see your QA inspector is busy hanging out on the shelf while you do all the work npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Is anybody using, or considering using, ngscopeclient on an ARM64 platform? npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…29fk @nprofile…x8t7 yeah but like the other party won't accept it unless they can trade it on further npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…jstz The hard PCIe IP is from Cadence so I'm guessing this is probably like a Cadence PCIe gen4/5 PHY IP that they have some custom mux logic hooked up to so you can either wire up the PIPE interface to the PCIe hard block, or the raw SERDES to your gateware npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…jstz There is a DRP and it's standard AMBA APB although I haven't tried using it yet. Only configured through the GUI to date (the transceivers are not yet supported for RTL primitive instantiation although I am pushing them to add that in the future) npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Tweaked the equalizer slightly and now it's passing the mask with no de-embed through the breakout fixture and cables npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Yeah it looks like the de-embed opens the eye up by 30+ mV in the vertical axis but adds ~3ps of jitter which is just enough to push it over the edge into failing the mask test npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Huh, I'm actually getting better jitter performance with just a direct measurement and no de-embeds. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg So far I haven't managed to get it to pass the SFF-8431 host eye mask with any equalizer settings I've tested (after de-embedding the SFP+ host compliance test fixture and the cable, so should be at the SFP+ connector mating plane). npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Playing with the Efinix Ti375 SERDES npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…tm9j yeah something like that. I'm sure there is a way to re-key i just have to figure it out npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg Starting to set up a second of these FS 40/100G switches. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…t2th @nprofile…0f4l I am seriously looking at energy harvesting heat pumps to heat the house with waste heat from the lab in the winter, right now I run the air conditioner in January and feel like I'm wasting a ton of energy doing so. npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…0f4l My actual server/network load is npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…0f4l Wooow. Is that like actual equipment or do you have a ton of shelves and blanks and cable management bars and stuff? npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…0f4l 3 full height racks??? npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…jstz you can work with it but you need to plan for it, not throw stuff down on a board and figure it out later like you usually can in xilinx land npub1cddglts94qutscms0qpmk87lel9m8xku7q0wr20u2th5fxvvunqqxz9vpd Andrew Zonenberg @nprofile…jstz the thing to keep in mind about efinix is it's a lot of off the shelf third party ip and less in house vertical integration.
