They did it to AMD, so you know they had to be doing it to Intel too.
Makes you wonder if maybe Nvidia is right when they call those AIB’s dirty grubbers who will happily damage your brand for a quick buck.
Their reputation for sponsoring flashy expensive builds all over social media is all that matters to them. Performance reputation is second and reliability/quality is a distant third.
I mean, in fairness, if I could figure out a way to consult on farming digital currencies instead of going to work every day, I'd probably do it at this point. Not going to Chinese prison though.
“As good as” won’t do, why change up your known functional environment for what is effectively a side grade? There’s too much at risk and too much unknown, AMD and Intel need to be significantly better and not just cheaper to pull customers away...
Nvidia has an hard moat to beat, you need
1) As good/better chips
2) As good/better interconnect-network tech to scale up (Mellanox 6.9 billions was a lot in 2019 and not sure how much for Cumulus, now look really good)
3) Software stack
If you...