Introducing “Yosemite”: the first open source modular chassis for high-powered microservers
Mar 10, 2015Hu Li

Summary
Introduced "Yosemite," an open-source modular chassis design for high-powered microservers. Yosemite utilizes System-on-Chip (SoC) processor cards (up to 65W TDP) within a pluggable module format, supporting multiple memory channels, local SSDs, and a management controller. The system is designed for scale-out architectures, accommodating four SoC cards in a 400W total power chassis and integrating with Open Rack for high density. A key innovation is a multi-host network interconnect card that provides shared data and management traffic over a single Ethernet port, improving external connectivity simplicity and efficiency.
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