Cloud Providers set to punish Intel

emmjay · Feb 8, 2018

Cloud Providers Are Already Considering Intel Rivals After Meltdown, Spectre Chip Flaw Discoveries

Intel chips back 98% of data center operations, according to industry consultancy IDC. ... “If Intel doesn’t step up and do something to make this right then we’re going to have to punish them in the marketplace by not purchasing their products,” ... Cloud providers said swapping out previously installed Intel chips for rivals’ would be too complex, but moving forward they could expand their networks using alternatives... Cloudflare, a San Francisco cloud network company, has been evaluating ARM chips. The new security patches have not slowed its performance, but it will use the security issues as an opportunity to re-evaluate its use of Intel products.
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http://fortune.com/2018/01/10/intel-chips-meltdown-spectre-microsoft-amazon-google/

After the firmware updates (still coming) who will be next?

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