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Some data points: From a Forbes article: "AWS sees networking as the critical path for cloud but also realizes that the relative cost of networking increases
by discodave 12y ago
Some data points:
From a Forbes article:
"AWS sees networking as the critical path for cloud but also realizes that the relative cost of networking increases as server and storage prices drop rapidly. Networking is, in Hamilton’s words, “frozen in time” as the vertically integrated ecosystems generate “indefensible profit margins”. AWS’ solution is to build a custom networking hardware and protocol stack and to own their own private long haul links."
from this Forbes article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkepes/2014/11/25/scale-beyond-comprehension-some-aws-numbers/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkepes/2014/11/25/scale-beyond...
So Amazon is really really trying to reduce the cost of Networking.
From the extremetech article:
"Analysts have pointed to server networking chips as Annapurna Labs’ main focus. These chips could be used to move data more efficiently and save power in data centers."
I think it's pretty clear why they are making this aquisition...
- es09 12y agoI doubt if reducing cost can be the only factor. Broadcom chips are going to be pretty much the lowest cost ones because of their scale. It's more likely that they are dreaming up some network architecture that isn't served well by existing solutions.
- discodave 12y agoBy lowest cost I didn't mean the actual cost of the chips but the cost of the whole architecture. As you point out, the best solution might require chips that can't be found off the shelf. I guess the metric they're trying to optimize is cost/performance/watt or something like that.