I think this is one of the main benefits of the cloud. Chips are expensive and chips at cloud providers will achieve the highest utilisation rates. So if you w

I think this is one of the main benefits of the cloud. Chips are expensive and chips at cloud providers will achieve the highest utilisation rates. So if you want to use resources in the best possible way and have a stable and quick internet connection, then switch to the smallest CPU that can run your system and use a cloud instance for heavy compute tasks. If you are able to scale compute up and down quickly and assume that chips continue advancing (e.g., miniaturisation and advanced packaging), then it might be even cheaper than owning a chip.