Re:AMD server CPUs capture highest market share gains from I...
by bayindirh on Sunday May 09, 2021 @05:19PM
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> What's stopping more people from moving cloud workloads to AMD? Unless you're running a rickety legacy application using Intel features you'll instantly save money by moving to AMD.
Nothing. Unless you're explicitly targeting AVX-512, you don't miss anything. Just move the systems and continue where you left.
Furthermore, first Epyc sold so fast that, it was virtually impossible to buy in large quantities since Dropbox, FB and Google just bought the whole production out, IIRC (we weren't able to buy it, and no big IT vendor sold it under their generally available server lines).
Nothing. Unless you're explicitly targeting AVX-512, you don't miss anything. Just move the systems and continue where you left.
Furthermore, first Epyc sold so fast that, it was virtually impossible to buy in large quantities since Dropbox, FB and Google just bought the whole production out, IIRC (we weren't able to buy it, and no big IT vendor sold it under their generally available server lines).