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I'm sure everyone involved in this OpenPOWER game is aware of the "attack of the killer micros". So the question is, why try again with the same recipe that alr
by jabl 11y ago
I'm sure everyone involved in this OpenPOWER game is aware of the "attack of the killer micros". So the question is, why try again with the same recipe that already failed?
Getting something out there which is bang-for-buck competitive with Xeons is really the key here. But without massive volume, it's probably very hard to do. And the Intel division that makes Xeons apparently runs at 50% gross margins, so if they feel threatened the are certainly able to dump prices to make life for any competitor even more difficult.
- hga 11y agoBut if they were serious about making a go at it, they'd, say, sell the motherboards and CPUs at cost and/or perhaps twice what Xeon systems go for. But everything I've heard before and in this discussion puts them at $3K per socket (I think for a barebones system), and that's a non-starter for something that isn't 10 times better than the competition (a common metric for what it takes to get attention when there's an entrenched competent competition).
- nickpsecurity 11y agoIntel Xeon funding and lots of ecosystem it uses came from other CPU's that cost less. So, I'd say POWER needs such benefits that come from lower-end if Xeon needed it to get where it is. POWER actually needs more since it's way the heck behind Xeon in balance of price, performance, and capabilities in SW.