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Re:Chinese Chipmaker Unveils 64-Core ARM Processor by mrb on Friday August 26, 2016 @10:13AM (#12366380)
512 single precision GFLOPS is not half, but 1/10th the performance of a Xeon Phi (Xeon Phi 7210 is 5325 single precision GFLOPS).

However perhaps this processor beats the Xeon Phi 7210 in perf/price as the latter is horrendously priced at $2438 (list price) as well as perf/watt.

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Re:Chinese Chipmaker Unveils 64-Core ARM Processor by snaky on Friday August 26, 2016 @11:57AM (#12367104)
Do you think this 64-core beast would be priced at less than $243?
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Re:Chinese Chipmaker Unveils 64-Core ARM Processor by mrb on Friday August 26, 2016 @01:40PM (#12367889)
Probably not, but maybe. This chinese processor is hardly a beast. It is comparable (±20%) in raw GFLOPS to a ~$200 Intel skylake processor: 4-core 3.3GHz i7-6700K is rated 422 single precision GFLOPS.
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Re:Chinese Chipmaker Unveils 64-Core ARM Processor by petra on Friday August 26, 2016 @06:12PM (#12369667)
Die size is 640mm2, die cost is ~$42(asumming TSMC's yields, chinese fabs have much lower yields) - so at volume manufacturing cost(including test and package) is surely less than $100 ,closer to $60-70.

And in large enough volume, assuming 50% gross margins, sure it could be cheaper.

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