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Current ARM server chips are much worse than Intel chips on the performance/watt metric [1]. The datacenter play would necessarily have to target consumers with
by i_have_to_speak 11y ago
Current ARM server chips are much worse than Intel chips on the performance/watt metric [1]. The datacenter play would necessarily have to target consumers with low performance needs and offer them a better price. That would be tough because you have to compete against the already-cheap $5/server/mo Intel market.
AMD's SeaMicro was arguably the best shot at offering an alternate ARM-server commoditization model. AMD shut down SeaMicro in April [2].
[1] http://www.anandtech.com/show/8357/exploring-the-low-end-and-micro-server-platforms/17 http://www.anandtech.com/show/8357/exploring-the-low-end-and...
[2] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/16/amd_q1_2015_earnings/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/16/amd_q1_2015_earnings...