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Re:Intel and ARM Performance Characteristics for S3 Compatib... by wmf on Sunday June 07, 2020 @12:48PM (#23448621)
There's no way to know the power consumption of stuff in AWS.
Re:Intel and ARM Performance Characteristics for S3 Compatib... by userbinator on Sunday June 07, 2020 @07:12PM (#23451913)
However, how much they charge for it gives a general idea, since they are paying for the power.
Re:Intel and ARM Performance Characteristics for S3 Compatib... by usr1106 on Sunday June 07, 2020 @10:20PM (#23452971)
That could or could not be correct. We don't know their bill of materials. Probably some people can estimate it better for Intel. I understand the ARM stuff is AWS proprietary, so I would be surprised is any figures are public. Besides the costs are unkown the margins could be very different. AWS might be willing to pay a high investment to get more independent of Intel in the long term.

I worked at a big corporation in the mobile space before. They were willing to pay a high investment to get more independent of their single ARM SoC supplier. (It failed because Intel could not deliver in the end.)