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It's a basic business strategy called "commoditizing your complement". The better and faster software gets, the more people will want to use it and the more dem
by WJW 4y ago
It's a basic business strategy called "commoditizing your complement". The better and faster software gets, the more people will want to use it and the more demand for CPUs will be created. Since Intel sells a good percentage of all server CPUs, that will also increase their own sales.
The article at https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/ is an excellent introduction if you want to know more.
- Teever 4y agoWhy do they go to the lengths that they do for these particular features but then seem to completely shit the bed when it comes to power management under Linux?
- Jalad 4y agoLikely because the Linux server market is massively larger than the Linux desktop market where power management is a critical issue
- dogma1138 4y agoPower management is shit these days under windows too, mainly down to OEMs failing to implement it fully in their BIOS leading to Microsoft dropping support to more advanced power stages. This mainly happened because the idle power consumption without any power staging has improved drastically and so has the power density of batteries. So this isn’t really on Intel also sleep and various other power states aren’t used in servers.