AMPERA started to be listed on the mikrotik download page.
Since it’s added here, the product has been in testing for a long time. Must be very close to use.
To give an idea, MikroTik recently added Interface-rate options.
Will these devices with 400G support meet this expectation?
Please share a little secret
If you have any ideas or opinions on this subject, please share them.
My grip about this is Mikrotik’s product management. Who updates a download page before make some announcement, someplace. Why make customers read the tea leaves?
Totally makes sense they’d port RouterOS to Ampere, since it does seem to be trending. But still be same RouterOS. So all it changes is price/performance calculation when picking gear – which are already pretty good with Mikrotik. Now easy to imagine ampere might have a lot benefits over x86 at the high end.
The Altra series (30/64/80C) isn’t exactly cheap but would probably fit pretty well as a natural successor to the CCR1036/72..
Mikrotik learned about the phenomenon called hardware of loading. Why pay additional money for a very high CPU today?
I think ARM64 16Core Annapurna will offer a competitive price compared to Amazon CPUs. This is why it changes
MikroTik uses the cheapest version that will use less CPU. I think this would be the right move.
Do you expect it to offer hardware-level network acceleration other than CPU power?
Mikrotik has developed it so that it no longer needs high CPU power like CCR1072.
Would he go today and pay too much for a very high end CPU?
It is marketing tool that is creating interest. People, with the ability to influence buying decisions, reads the download page hopefully fairly often.
The same people generally drive product uptake.
maybe normis will read this. and gives us a very small clue to make us happy
There doesn’t have to be any hardware. I mean, there’s a CD and install image - suggests it’s meant to install on off-the-shelf hardware.
Otherwise it could’ve been merged in ARM64 as well.
I would love for it to be new hardware, however I suspect the reality will be less exciting and it will just be an image for running on Ampere based cloud instances from the likes of Azure and Hetzner
nz_monkey,
Unfortunately, what you say seems reasonable.
I’m still hopeful!
I also suspect that it’s only some boring cloud-VM.
Or maybe it’s a new container & storage appliance? 
Well, perfect …..
we have HPE ARM64 Ampere machine prepared for test with 2x128 cpu threads.
Do you know someone release date ? 
Mirek
yeah, seems plausible for me too , Maybe Ampere Arch is something Like CHR but for ARM instead of x86
I’m confident that stronger hardware will come to be close to what a NE8000 does for providers in Brazil.
a bold prediction
Hello
When exactly will the arm64 version be released???
I would be grateful if you could guide me on how to install it???
we are curious. Can anyone use it and share their results?
ampere version is released and available on the download page
To run on which ARM64 hardware?