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For some reason I cannot stop looking at computing hardware. I don't even know what to do with it.

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).

Also, what are PCIe lanes and why are they so cool?

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.

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.

And then there's the AMD line of multisocket server processors. Oddly, this headline "forged from the finest silicon" totally appeals to me ;)

Aaanyway 😅

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.