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For some reason I cannot stop looking at computing hardware. I don't even know what to do with it.
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Some examples: AMD CPU/chipsets rabbit hole. I'd say this is good product management at least, everything has relatively easy to understand numbering schemes. Turns out that I accidentally bought a fitting pair of CPU and chipset (2700x and A320).
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Another thing I find interesting for no reason at all are server grade ARM processors. If all you're doing is patching one REST API into another you don't need GFLOPS anyway.
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ARM generally sounds cool, I have an Raspberry Pi 4 with 4GB of RAM sitting around, and that machine is probably better than what I did my master thesis on.
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And then there's the AMD line of multisocket server processors. Oddly, this headline "forged from the finest silicon" totally appeals to me ;)
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Ah yes, one reason I think ARM is cool is because it is so memory efficient. I'm all for a 2 cm^2 of silicon die that can burn up 100W, but let's be honest, that is hardly sustainable.