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The author seems to believe that speed is the only competitive factor. The fact is that many services don't need but a fraction of the speed they have available
by sgbeal 3y ago
The author seems to believe that speed is the only competitive factor. The fact is that many services don't need but a fraction of the speed they have available to them and that power consumption is, in some areas, the more important competitive distinction. RISC-V will beat out Intel on power consumption out of the gate, even if they never compete in terms of raw speed.
- TazeTSchnitzel 3y agoLow power consumption isn't worth much if the performance sucks. Performance-per-watt is important. Surely AArch64 is going to win over RISC-V there for the foreseeable future?
- sgbeal 3y ago> Low power consumption isn't worth much if the performance sucks. Not every service needs high performance. A web site serving static content, for example, or a low-traffic forum. i co-admin multiple public forums, e.g. sqlite.org/forum, which run on single-CPU nodes and get along just fine with that.