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AMD's 128-core Epycs could spell trouble for Ampere Computing (www.theregister.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I sure hope it doesn't. Cloud providers sell arm servers cheaper than x86, and that'll probably stick for the foreseeable future. Any x86 CPU that achieves better performance/more cores/less power usage will never translate into lower cloud costs for the customer.