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> None of the other cloud providers are using ARM at this scale yet. They’re using Ampere chips, whereas Amazon invested in building their own - it tells you th
by ignoramous 3y ago
> None of the other cloud providers are using ARM at this scale yet. They’re using Ampere chips, whereas Amazon invested in building their own - it tells you the level of commitment Amazon have here.
James Hamilton was adamant AWS build ARM expertise in-house [0] (one which they accelerated by acquiring Annapurna Labs), and he's been proven right [1] despite the obstacles he himself foresaw [2].
[0] On the Origins of AWS Custom Silicon, https://archive.is/4k5ul https://archive.is/4k5ul
[1] Low cost, low power servers for Internet-scale services, https://mvdirona.com/jrh/talksandpapers/JamesHamilton_CEMS.pdf https://mvdirona.com/jrh/talksandpapers/JamesHamilton_CEMS.p...
[2] AWS Designed Processor: Graviton, https://archive.is/WLFBW https://archive.is/WLFBW
- pdpi 3y ago> and he's been proven right despite the obstacles he himself foresaw I wouldn't trust anybody to be right about the benefits of something this big if they don't also foresee the obstacles you'll face to realise those benefits.