Re:Netflix, Long an AWS Customer, Tests Waters on Google Cloud
by Twirrim on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @11:44AM
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For years Dell would let it "leak" out to the press that they were looking at supporting AMD chips. It would happen every year like clockwork. Then after a month you'd hear that Dell and Intel had come up with a new deal to remain Intel exclusive.
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Re:Netflix, Long an AWS Customer, Tests Waters on Google Cloud
by nandhp on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @12:27PM
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Hasn't Dell offered AMD chips for a long time? Dell currently sells AMD-based laptops, and was doing so back in 2008 as well.
For example, this Ryzen laptop: http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/new-inspiron-15-...
Re:Netflix, Long an AWS Customer, Tests Waters on Google Cloud
by acdha on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @01:07PM
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Before then – in the 90s both Intel and Microsoft used a lot of backroom deals to keep big vendors exclusive. If memory serves it took the Opteron’s crushing performance advantage before we started seeing that break for Intel servers; Linux users for years were stuck paying for OEM Windows installs which were never used.
Re:Netflix, Long an AWS Customer, Tests Waters on Google Cloud
by Twirrim on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @11:47AM
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Yes, but I've been around the industry a while. I specifically remember this happening during the late 90s and just in to the 2000s.
It was occurring at a time when AMD was fairly firmly beating Intel on a straight $/performance basis (~K6 era). If Dell had started shipping AMD based systems back then it could have been a big game changer.
The general narrative around the tech press at the time was that Intel knew this and were desperate to keep Dell as Intel exclusive.