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I'm wondering if your sources really refute OP. If Intel truly does build families of processors, cherry picking processors that match Amazon's specs could stil
by somebehemoth 11y ago
I'm wondering if your sources really refute OP. If Intel truly does build families of processors, cherry picking processors that match Amazon's specs could still be considered collaboration (Amazon worked with Intel to determine the specs of the chips they need cherry picked for example). "Designed specifically for Amazon" sounds like marketing speak to me, but I've no evidence. Just wondering how much real engineering collaboration occurred when the information is pulled from press a release. (Update: I see OP has deleted the comment so I am probably way off base)
- ceejayoz 11y ago> I'm wondering if your sources really refute OP. I honestly don't know. It's definitely possible it's marketing speak that just means they're doing binning OP mentioned, but given the volume, it's also probably entirely possible AWS, Facebook, etc. get custom chips you can't buy on the market. Regardless, in either situation, Apple being able to do their own chips in-house with only their priorities driving decisions is a possible boon to them.
- kogepathic 11y agoI wonder what kind of agreements they have in place when the servers are EoL'd. Sometimes you can find really great deals on obscure custom designs built for a large client (e.g. HP SE316M1 G6/SE1120). I don't think Amazon runs too many data centers with old hardware, the electricity and cooling costs would not be economical. So what will happen to these supposedly custom chips manufactured for AWS by Intel? Surely their value is too much to just turf them all in a landfill (err, I mean, responsibly recycled of course) when their service life is over. Some of them surely must end up on the refurbished server market...