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From: Robert Myers on 23 Apr 2010 02:59 MitchAlsup wrote: > > Also note: if you look at the volume of chips that go into servers and > other big iron, it represents an aftenoon in the FAB per year compared > to the desktop and notebooks,... A profitable afternoon, but not big > enough for an Intel nor AMD to alter design team directions. > If you are Google, though, you can make your own rules, if you want to badly enough: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/04/22/google_the_server_chip_designer/ <quote> But an earlier Times story indicated that Agnilux [recently acquired by Google] was brewing "some kind of server." </quote> If anyone has the incentive to build a no-frills, low-power chip that can afford to wait, if necessary, it would be Google. Data centers may not account for much chip volume, but they sure do gobble electricity. Robert.
From: "Andy "Krazy" Glew" on 25 Apr 2010 21:59
On 4/25/2010 12:05 PM, Robert Myers wrote: > On Apr 25, 1:55 pm, "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew"<ag-n...(a)patten-glew.net> > wrote: > >> Urgh!!!! I am having a conversation with amateurs who aren't even aware of the basics of power management. > > It isn't like you to make it personal. > > Robert. My apologies. You can probably tell that I have painful memories of similar conversations from my time at AMD. |