Groo (charlie.delete@this.semiaccurate.com) on August 17, 2018 1:44 pm wrote:
> Linus Torvalds (torvalds.delete@this.linux-foundation.org) on August 17, 2018 11:20 am wrote:
>
> > "This particular team"? I don't recall a single design (ARM
> > or otherwise) that actually lived up to the promises.
> >
> Conroe. Way underpromise, way overdeliver. Other than that one, and maybe AMD's
> K7/K8, at least the early iterations, seemed to be better than advertised.
>
> >
> > Because dammit, I want an ARM box that I can actually build and test on.
> > Not the "yet another device that can do mobile loads and run GB".
> >
> The Cavium/Marvell boxes are available, pretty well supported, and about as bog standard as you can get
> os a non-x86 server. If you cant find one, email me and I can get you in touch with the right people.


Apple's A9. There was a lot of skepticism at RWT when Tim Cook announced it was 70% faster than the A8, but between the big clock rate increase and IPC improvements, it really was 70% faster per not only Geekbench but Anandtech's detailed testing as well (back in the good old days when they used to actually do reviews of new Apple SoCs instead of saying "its coming" for months and then nothing)