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Don't forget that Google is one of the founding members of openpower: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nextplatform.com/2016/04/06/inside-future-google-rackspac

• stillworks 10y ago
  That may actually be a reason for preferential release to Google. In general, I think we are in interesting times. Still a guess but I think the crowd close to their forties (I'll be 40 in 4 years) will see a significant shift within a decade. My kids are an age where they don't really care what is in their game console, TV box or their parents' phones. I guess I (as a working adult) would really stop caring about what is powering the cloud as long as I keep getting access to the service level I (or my employer) is paying for. With Google trying non-Intel option, there may be a copy-cat effect for other cloud providers to do the same to remain competitive, possibly diminishing Intel's importance in the server market. And with "kids" mostly using non-Intel(or x86 in general) platforms (phones, TVs, snapchat-shades, phones etc) where Intel already has very little presence. Not trying to sound a doomsday prophecy for Intel but... times they are a changing ?