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Re:Coming Soon: AWS Graviton2 Processor for AWS by StreamBright on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @05:54PM (#21708067)
Intel became too big and too slow. Their R&D efforts are not as efficient as Apple's or in this case Amazon's. This story also proves that in many cases you are better off with a specific design instead of a generic one. If the marketing message is true Amazon has a huge edge.[1]

1. 40% better price performance over comparable current generation instances

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Re:Coming Soon: AWS Graviton2 Processor for AWS by atq2119 on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @08:34PM (#21709189)
Keep in mind that getting 40% better price performance doesn't mean their tech is better. It could just mean they're cutting margins (to drive adoption).
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Re:Coming Soon: AWS Graviton2 Processor for AWS by StreamBright on Thursday December 05, 2019 @07:41AM (#21711818)
Absolutely. From the customer perspective does it matter? If later on it goes back to Intel levels than it means other cloud vendors can compete without a custom CPU. What worries me is what if it is true and not for the too thin margin?
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