The world's first 'commercial cloud computer' has appeared for the general public, and the entire hardware has been delivered, making it possible to provide cloud computing services



Startup company Oxide has launched the world's first commercial cloud computer to the general public. It is shipped pre-assembled and wired, and has special software built-in, so it can provide cloud computing services just by taking it out of the box.

The Cloud Computer / Oxide

https://oxide.computer/blog/the-cloud-computer

Generally speaking, cloud computing involves signing a contract with a cloud computing service provided by a major IT company and renting a part of the server in the data center by the hour. It was very difficult to assemble the configuration from scratch. The ``Oxide Cloud Computer'' that appeared this time is a computer that can easily provide cloud services by providing hardware and software together.

The tweet below shows how the first hardware was shipped on June 30, 2023. You can see that it is quite large.



The size of the server rack is '2354mm x 600mm x 1060mm' and the maximum weight is approximately 1145kg. It can install 32 SLED modules equipped with AMD Milan EPYC 7713P with 64 cores and 128 threads, supporting up to 32TiB of memory and up to 931.5TiB of storage. The maximum power consumption is 15kW. More detailed specifications can be found on the official website . There are no cables on the front, giving it a clean look.



Not only is there no cable on the front, all connections are made using

blind mate connectors that can be plugged in, and no wiring is required when adding modules.



Equipped with a unique network switch, it supports communication up to 12.8Tbps.



It also comes with management software. The software is

open source and provides transparency that is not found in general cloud services, but a license fee is required to receive bug fixes and updates.



The management screen looks like this. A live demo was also available to check the actual display.



The price has not been disclosed.

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