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Re:Amazon has more than half of all Arm server CPUs in the w... by ignoramous on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @06:26AM (#37060704)
> None of the other cloud providers are using ARM at this scale yet. They’re using Ampere chips, whereas Amazon invested in building their own - it tells you the level of commitment Amazon have here.

James Hamilton was adamant AWS build ARM expertise in-house [0] (one which they accelerated by acquiring Annapurna Labs), and he's been proven right [1] despite the obstacles he himself foresaw [2].

[0] On the Origins of AWS Custom Silicon, https://archive.is/4k5ul

[1] https://mvdirona.com/jrh/talksandpapers/JamesHamilton_CEMS.p...

[2] AWS Designed Processor: Graviton, https://archive.is/WLFBW

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Re:Amazon has more than half of all Arm server CPUs in the w... by pdpi on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @07:36AM (#37061173)
> and he's been proven right despite the obstacles he himself foresaw

I wouldn't trust anybody to be right about the benefits of something this big if they don't also foresee the obstacles you'll face to realise those benefits.

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