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> Another shoe to drop would be a super-computer powered by ARM chips instead of x86. I don't think that has happened yet. Fugaku? https://newsroom.arm.com/bl
by klelatti 2y ago
> Another shoe to drop would be a super-computer powered by ARM chips instead of x86. I don't think that has happened yet.
Fugaku?
https://newsroom.arm.com/blog/fujitsu-a64fx-arm https://newsroom.arm.com/blog/fujitsu-a64fx-arm
- bhouston 2y agoHuh. I missed that. That is cool. I wonder if it was cheaper on a FLOP basis to go with ARM versus buying from Intel/AMD? I guess a secondary factor is that it was made of custom/low volume CPUs, which would increase the unit price as compared to the higher volume providers.
- rbanffy 2y agoAlso, Cray had one using Fujitsu's ARM chips.