nobody in particular (nobody.delete@this.nowhe.re) on October 10, 2018 1:03 pm wrote:
> Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org) on October 10, 2018 10:26 am wrote:
> > 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".
>
> Sounds about right. I find Qualcomm's decision to invest huge amounts into building a very credible
> server CPU, then withdraw from servers within a couple months of general availability, baffling.

It's called pleasing the shareholders. After the Broadcom hostile takeover thing QC committed to 1B savings to please shareholders. QDT operating cost was something like that, probably.

But I'm sure QC is "still committed to expand in new markets and deliver world-class products to customers". After all, public companies are driven by innovation. Lol.