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Re:AMD Rome Second Generation EPYC Review: 2x 64-core Benchm... by bobdole12345 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @09:18PM (#20640973)
Well, other than the unbroken history of AMD managing to fail when ahead.

Intel is a juggernaut because even if it's not shipping the best, it's always shipping something on time, every time.

Re:AMD Rome Second Generation EPYC Review: 2x 64-core Benchm... by theevilsharpie on Thursday August 08, 2019 @03:39AM (#20642592)
> Intel is a juggernaut because even if it's not shipping the best, it's always shipping something on time, every time.

Intel is in their current situation because their 10 nm process is years late, and is still not able to manufacture high-performance parts like server CPUs in any meaningful quantity for a price that the market would bear. They've also had severe shortages over the past year, which has resulted in orders being delayed for weeks or months.

And of course, there's the matter of their products basically being warmed-over refreshes of a nearly 5-year-old architecture (because their new architectures are dependent on 10 nm), which has resulted in comically lopsided performance in AMD's favor, in basically every objective metric that matters.

Re:AMD Rome Second Generation EPYC Review: 2x 64-core Benchm... by clhodapp on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @09:25PM (#20641018)
What? Intel have been slipping the ship date on their 10 nm process node for years. It's slipped so much that it's likely to not to even be fully released before it is discarded for its successor.