[PresidentZippy]

> 2x better is also a lot.

I specifically drew the line at 2x.

>It means that you only have to buy half as many servers.

That's what I said in my initial comment: "Whether that means requiring half as much hardware to do the same job or requiring half as much manpower to use..."

But even if I didn't already point that out, I'm curious how you would react in your everyday life if all the people you interact with were as insufferably pedantic as you.

[tame3902]

Let's look at a specific example: The Aurora Argonne National Laboratory.It has an estimated cost of US$500 million and a power draw of 24.6 MW.[1] Even 1% less hardware means saving several million dollars. And that is just a single system.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(supercomputer)