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What is the pricing? It is cheaper per core-hour than Intel? It should be. Also how many machines will they have? Will it be a token amount in a single data

What is the pricing? It is cheaper per core-hour than Intel? It should be. Also how many machines will they have? Will it be a token amount in a single data center or will there be a good chunk of these around in multiple data centers?

lunchables 7y ago
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/296307-epic-win-amds-64-core-7nm-epyc-cpus-leave-xeon-lying-in-the-dirt https://www.extremetech.com/computing/296307-epic-win-amds-6... >Intel can cut its prices, to be sure. Beyond that, it has limited maneuverability. Ice Lake servers will not arrive for another year. Pricing on these cores is simply amazing, with a top-end Epyc 7742 selling for just $6950, or roughly $108 per core. An Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 has a list price of over $10,000 for a 28-core chip, just to put that in perspective. If you want a 32-core part, the Epyc 7502 packs 32 cores, 64 threads, higher IPC, and an additional 300MHz of frequency (2.5GHz base, versus 2.2GHz) for $2600 as opposed to the old price of $4200 for the 7601. AMD doesn’t segment its products the way Intel does, which means you get the full benefits of buying an Epyc part in terms of PCIe lanes and additional features. AMD also supports up to 4TB of RAM per socket. Intel tops out at 2TB per socket, and slaps a price premium on that level of RAM support.
asdfjbuiobio 7y ago
Why should it be cheaper than Intel? The performance is similar. The fact that it's cheaper for Google to run doesn't mean it's less valuable for the end user. If anything, they should cut prices across the board. AMD just cut the price of an x86 core in half.
- bufferoverflow 7y ago
  Because Intel has a better brand name / recognition. Many companies default to Intel, even when it's not the cheapest. I'm glad AMD is making such progress that these companies can't ignore them anymore. Having one CPU maker would be horrible.

lunchables 7y ago

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/296307-epic-win-amds-64-core-7nm-epyc-cpus-leave-xeon-lying-in-the-dirt https://www.extremetech.com/computing/296307-epic-win-amds-6... >Intel can cut its prices, to be sure. Beyond that, it has limited maneuverability. Ice Lake servers will not arrive for another year. Pricing on these cores is simply amazing, with a top-end Epyc 7742 selling for just $6950, or roughly $108 per core. An Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 has a list price of over $10,000 for a 28-core chip, just to put that in perspective. If you want a 32-core part, the Epyc 7502 packs 32 cores, 64 threads, higher IPC, and an additional 300MHz of frequency (2.5GHz base, versus 2.2GHz) for $2600 as opposed to the old price of $4200 for the 7601. AMD doesn’t segment its products the way Intel does, which means you get the full benefits of buying an Epyc part in terms of PCIe lanes and additional features. AMD also supports up to 4TB of RAM per socket. Intel tops out at 2TB per socket, and slaps a price premium on that level of RAM support.

asdfjbuiobio 7y ago

Why should it be cheaper than Intel? The performance is similar. The fact that it's cheaper for Google to run doesn't mean it's less valuable for the end user. If anything, they should cut prices across the board. AMD just cut the price of an x86 core in half.

bufferoverflow 7y ago
Because Intel has a better brand name / recognition. Many companies default to Intel, even when it's not the cheapest. I'm glad AMD is making such progress that these companies can't ignore them anymore. Having one CPU maker would be horrible.