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I wonder how cloud computing providers feel about this. On the one hand, competition between Intel and AMD for the cloud probably means cheaper chips for them.

I wonder how cloud computing providers feel about this. On the one hand, competition between Intel and AMD for the cloud probably means cheaper chips for them. On the other hand, they were probably looking forward to the power savings from Intel's 10nm chips.

fnord77 8y ago
Azure has started using ARM chips with Windows Server...
rbanffy 8y ago
At the volumes they buy, whatever they pay is much different and bears little relationship with what we pay. The prices to beat are acquisition + energy + real estate / performance over product lifetime.