By: Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org), October 10, 2018 9:26 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
nobody in particular (nobody.delete@this.nowhe.re) on October 10, 2018 8:55 am wrote:
> More info here
>
> "In essence, requests per second (RPS) per Watt is a critical metric that Qualcomm’s
> ARM64 46 core Falkor chip had a big advantage over Intel’s Skylake 4116. Embracing
> the value of optionality and market competition, we made some noise.
>
> Intel proposed to co-innovate with us an off-roadmap 24-core Xeon Gold CPU specifically made for our workload
> offering considerable value in Performance per Watt. For this generation, we continue using Intel as system
> solutions are widely available while we’re working on realizing ARM64’s benefits to production."
>
> Looks like Centriq was far less of a done deal for Cloudflare than many assumed.
Seems like a better interpretation is "Looks like there was real value in Centriq but QC management, ONCE again, was able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory".
> More info here
>
> "In essence, requests per second (RPS) per Watt is a critical metric that Qualcomm’s
> ARM64 46 core Falkor chip had a big advantage over Intel’s Skylake 4116. Embracing
> the value of optionality and market competition, we made some noise.
>
> Intel proposed to co-innovate with us an off-roadmap 24-core Xeon Gold CPU specifically made for our workload
> offering considerable value in Performance per Watt. For this generation, we continue using Intel as system
> solutions are widely available while we’re working on realizing ARM64’s benefits to production."
>
> Looks like Centriq was far less of a done deal for Cloudflare than many assumed.
Seems like a better interpretation is "Looks like there was real value in Centriq but QC management, ONCE again, was able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory".