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Re:Bought an Ampere Altra System on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @12:13PM (#44435389)
Yes! Data workloads fare considerably better with larger pages, less TLB pressire, and a higher cache hit rate. I wrote a tutorial about this and how to figure out whether it will be a good trade-off for your use-case: https://amperecomputing.com/tuning-guides/understanding-memo...
Re:Bought an Ampere Altra System on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @11:13AM (#44434724)
AmpereOne CPUs are 8.6A+ but do not have SVE2 - that is coming in our next processor, designed specifically for AI workloads, AmpereOne Aurora.