The new 9070 XT seems like a really interesting card for Blackbird owners.

[DKnoto]

I wouldn't buy a POWER9 system today either.

A) too expensive
B) new systems should be coming out soon.

Re: 1) You're right that they're expensive compared to x86_64 solutions, but when you look at the cost per day of use, it's not that bad. My Talos II cost me a little over $10,000. I've been using it for over 4 years, so it works out to less than $7 a day. It's not that bad ;-)

Re. 2) I've been hearing about these new systems for a long time now—probably over two years—and still nothing