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Re:IBM Preps Power9 for AI and HPC Launch, Forges Big NUMA Iron by bunderbunder on Saturday October 21, 2017 @11:08AM (#15522070)
Is there any reason I should care exactly which chips I'm working with, though?

If I were buying the hardware, sure. But if I'm renting then it's all just a means to an end.

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Re:IBM Preps Power9 for AI and HPC Launch, Forges Big NUMA Iron by dman on Saturday October 21, 2017 @12:22PM (#15522340)
If you are working on low level code and want to understand how your code behaves on client hardware. Low end chips are the most tricky since their performance profile is markedly different.
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