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Re:Intel Brings a Big Fork to a Server CPU Knife Fight by paol on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @06:02AM (#40583201)
But the decision to make server chips entirely of E cores must come from some customers demanding core count density above all else. I'm suggesting where that demand comes from.
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Re:Intel Brings a Big Fork to a Server CPU Knife Fight by chipdart on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @11:07AM (#40585783)
> (...) must come from some customers demanding core count density above all else.

I don't think you realize that that's not a niche, whimsical requirement that you can only explain with conspiracy theories.

For decades, all hosting providers have been paying a premium to have more computational power with a smaller size and power footprint.

This is not a AWS whim. All cloud providers want this, and have been paying a premium for this. If anything, AWS had the budget to roll out their own CPUs.

How long ago did AMD launched its Bulldozer line?

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