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Re:Microsoft open sources its next-gen cloud hardware design by IBM on Monday October 31, 2016 @03:30PM (#12840100)
Seems like Intel's margins are a good incentive for OCP members to design their own processors. Google has made some noise about that (but I guess that could be a bluff as well) [1].

[1] https://www.wired.com/2016/05/googles-making-chips-now-time-...

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Re:Microsoft open sources its next-gen cloud hardware design by gogopuppygogo on Monday October 31, 2016 @07:22PM (#12841869)
Hardware is hard and expensive. I doubt there is enough industry support financially to commit to designing an open source CPU to be compatible with software designed for Intel CPU's. It's just the cost of doing business.
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Re:Microsoft open sources its next-gen cloud hardware design by wmf on Monday October 31, 2016 @09:20PM (#12842597)
Compatibility isn't what it used to be; all Google software runs on x86, Power, and probably ARM. There are probably a dozen ARM server processors being designed right now, so either there's a huge bubble or the market is big enough.
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