Re:Linus Torvalds on Why ARM Won't Win the Server Space
by Wowfunhappy on Friday February 22, 2019 @08:26PM
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Well, if ARM servers are cheaper for Amazon to run, they're going to want to incentivize customers to switch to ARM. Either by passing on some of the cost savings (even if it's only 5%), or by making the x86 option more expensive.
In the second case, Amazon is still "passing on the cost savings" in a sense, it's just that now they take a higher profit regardless.
In the second case, Amazon is still "passing on the cost savings" in a sense, it's just that now they take a higher profit regardless.