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Google have been doing something with POWER CPUs for a few years now, at least on an experimental basis. 2016, Power 9: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3
by sjellis 10y ago
Google have been doing something with POWER CPUs for a few years now, at least on an experimental basis.
2016, Power 9:
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3052951/cloud-computing/ibms-power-chips-hit-the-big-time-at-google.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/3052951/cloud-computing...
2014, Power 8:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2149080/google-shows-homegrown-server-with-ibm-power-chip.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/2149080/google-shows-homegrow...
- kbenson 10y agoEach time Google looks into POWER, it seems to be when it's time to renegotiate with Intel. This is a tried and true tactic for better Intel pricing at this point. I was even talking about it (and got somewhat of a corroboration) a few days ago[1]. 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13786170 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13786170
- sjellis 10y agoThat's rather sad. POWER has seemed to be lingering in this half-life for many years now, where it's valuable enough for development to continue, but it's not competitive against Intel for broad use.