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Re:AMD records its highest server market share in decades by pdimitar on Monday August 12, 2024 @04:30PM (#41228965)
> For IT departments I think a lot of it is that they want you to have processors they know work with their software stack

I thought the world solved this problem with compilers like 30 years ago.

Also you're vastly overestimating the knowledge of the average computer users. Many of them can't even tell the difference between the CPU and GPU.

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Re:AMD records its highest server market share in decades by aljgz on Monday August 12, 2024 @05:20PM (#41229450)
Sorry, even you overestimated. A lot of users think CPU is the case.
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Re:AMD records its highest server market share in decades by p_l on Monday August 12, 2024 @06:55PM (#41230290)
It actually used to be a somewhat valid term, yes. The case with the computer was the Central Processing Units, and the rest was peripherals.
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