[rl3]

In previous threads there was discussion about Intel processors, specifically Skylake (which is a desktop processor), being superior for server workloads involving vectorization.

How will Naples fare on this front?

[quickben]

That front remains to be seen. However, 128 lanes, 8 channel ram; It will make a mess out of Intel in the vm hosting arena.

I'm glad I don't own any Intel stock atm :)

[greggyb]

The VM hosting arena is exactly where cloud providers play.

A high core count, energy efficient CPU with IO out the wazoo?

I'm happy I bought AMD stock over the summer (:

[astrodust]

Outside of specialized workloads, not a lot of software is vectorized. Maybe your database server can take advantage, but your application server will probably not benefit one bit.

[wtallis]

Desktop Skylake doesn't support AVX-512. Server Skylake will, when it ships. (The Xeon E3 v5 doesn't, because it's the same chip as desktop Skylake.)

[rl3]

Removed the incorrect information from my post. Thanks for the correction.

[sp332]

Naples might not fare well, but AMD is betting on vector operations being offloaded to a GPU-like accelerator connected via Infinity Fabric.

[Tuna-Fish]

Badly, but it doesn't matter because it's still just a tiny portion of the market.