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Re:Intel Lines Up ThunderX ARM Against Xeons by bhouston on Thursday June 02, 2016 @11:53AM (#11823515)
If ARM is providing the expensive R&D-based IP, then any licensee can be a competitor.
Re:Intel Lines Up ThunderX ARM Against Xeons by gpderetta on Thursday June 02, 2016 @03:47PM (#11825484)
But AFAIK ARM hasn't provided any server specific design. Most ARM based server attempts so far have been with custom designs (e.g. AppliedMicro X-Gene).
Re:Intel Lines Up ThunderX ARM Against Xeons by bhouston on Thursday June 02, 2016 @04:51PM (#11825951)
Give it time, why wouldn't ARM start offering server building blocks? There is obviously a market for it. ARM went to 64 bit, and it has just gone to advanced GPU designs. It supports extreme number of cores now too. Server-centric designs can not be far off.
Re:Intel Lines Up ThunderX ARM Against Xeons by gpderetta on Thursday June 02, 2016 @05:13PM (#11826118)
While ARM Holdings reference processors are reasonably good, the company is specialized in low power designs. Apple for example had to do a custom design to get the high performance ARM it needed. It is not obvious that ARM has the knowledge, the money and even the will to pursue a server design.