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Only one usecase for now. They said M1 is coming soon, which could tip the cost equation (think about what the energy savings mean at AWS scale). Even more int
by brundolf 6y ago
Only one usecase for now. They said M1 is coming soon, which could tip the cost equation (think about what the energy savings mean at AWS scale).
Even more interestingly, I wonder if this could be an exploratory step for an Apple that's thinking about designing dedicated cloud chips.
- heavyset_go 6y agoYou can get more than 10 times as many ARM cores on a server chip compared to a M1 Mac. There is no way it is more energy efficient or cost effective to run 10+ Macs versus one server. Amazon designs their own chips, too.
- tpetry 6y agoBut until now nobody was able to build an ARM cpu as fast as apples cou. Every server arm cpu in the past was still a lot slower than intel cpus, despite packing a lot of cores on a chip.