> Also memory speed (both Hz and cache structure) is much > more of a bottleneck than CPU clock. Specially with 16 > cores! Very good point! Packing more cor

> Also memory speed (both Hz and cache structure) is much > more of a bottleneck than CPU clock. Specially with 16 > cores! Very good point! Packing more cores onto a die is not enough... Again it would be good to see if those benchmarks were single or multi-core performance. > They will need many years of improving the software stack > though, so they have a long uphill battle waiting. Yeah... Getting kernel support, etc, takes some time. They'll also probably want to build out some dev board platform if they haven't already. > Finally the chips will probably be manufactured for peak > performance and longevity but they wont be sold, only > rented! I see it going either way, either cost per chip will become so low that they become an expendable product with a short life span, or the cost of perfecting them rises so high they are rented. Somehow the rented market for CPUs seems less likely, a release from your competitor could see your entire stock become un-rentable. > About cooling, the right heatsink is the solution Maybe, but you're not putting a passive cooler on solutions that go much higher than 10 watts at full chap. Assuming these cores match the ARM cores (power consumption and computation), they have double the number of them, therefore probably double the heat output. In reality it's probably even worse as the cores act as insulators to one another. In 2+ years, let's see how they perform in the market. I guess irrespective of how good they are, the Chinese market is stuck with them unless tensions improve.