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Re:Arm-Based 128-Core Ampere CPUs Cost a Fraction of x86 Price by rbanffy on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @02:06PM (#29798658)
The CPU costs a fraction of the equivalent Xeon, but the CPU is not the only part in a server BoM nor is the most expensive subsystem of the box. When you add a terabyte of RAM, extra networking, and a bunch of SAS SSD's and HDD's, the CPU cost is almost negligible.

Most companies that buy x86 servers have no desire to recompile their software for a new architecture - they want to run PowerBI or SharePoint. They don't really benefit from a machine like this.

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Re:Arm-Based 128-Core Ampere CPUs Cost a Fraction of x86 Price by c_o_n_v_e_x on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @08:06PM (#29803497)
Agreed. The article treats ARM (RISC) vs x86 (CISC) as an apples to apples comparison. Not everyone has the wherewithal to convert their workloads.
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