[j-nsp] MX304 Port Layout

[Andrey Kostin]

Saku Ytti писал(а) 2023-06-09 10:35:

> LGA8371 socketed BRCM TH4. Ostensibly this allows a lot more switches
> to appear in the market, as the switch maker doesn't need to be
> friendly with BRCM. They make the switch, the customer buys the chip
> and sockets it. Wouldn't surprise me if FB, AMZN and the likes would
> have pressed for something like this, so they could use cheaper
> sources to make the rest of the switch, sources which BRCM didn't want
> to play ball with.

Can anything else be inserted in this socket? If not, then what's the 
point? For server CPUs there are many models with different clocking and 
number of cores, so socket provides a flexibility. If there is only one 
chip that fits the socket, then the socket is a redundant part.

Kind regards,
Andrey