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There are going to be small shops for which the familiarity of Xeon will be enough to keep them in the same pattern. If 10% of your costs are just a few weeks
by LeifCarrotson 9y ago
There are going to be small shops for which the familiarity of Xeon will be enough to keep them in the same pattern. If 10% of your costs are just a few weeks or months of engineer time, and you only have an engineer or two to spare, it's a big risk and expense to figure out the different costs and to do that evaluation run. There are a lot of shops like that.
There are not as many huge enterprises, but they are a huge amount of the market in terms of volume, and at those scales a 1% savings is worth years of engineering expenses, and you can bet that they will be doing the studies and choosing the most cost-effective option regardless of previous decisions.