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I'm just waiting for Google to start making their own motherboards, chipsets, and CPU architectures. That seems to be the logical conclusion of their tendency t
by henning 19y ago
I'm just waiting for Google to start making their own motherboards, chipsets, and CPU architectures. That seems to be the logical conclusion of their tendency to respond to the uniquely demanding requirements of their mission by creating new, improved infrastructure.
- tb 19y agoNope, far from it, they're using the most commodity hardware infrastructure they can find. Their whole system is built around cheap, widely-available hardware. Even with the volumes they are using, they would not get production high enough to compete with the commodity PC market on price.
- henning 19y agoI guess it wasn't obvious that I wasn't really seriously waiting for Google to start slinging wafers.
- tfinniga 19y agoThey are trying to get more efficient power supplies.. http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/26/2039213 http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/26/2039213