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How did AMD Ryzen get 50% faster in two years?

487 points · 206 comments · ibobev

  1. jacquesm · · focus · HN ↗
    I Picked a threadripper for a box that needed a lot of IO and figured that with that many PCI lanes I couldn't go wrong. But I have to admit I've been more than pleasantly surprised by the performance of the CPU as well, it - easily - outperforms all of the XEON and I7 based boxes that I have. The only thing I wished I would have done different is to max it out with 256G DIMMs when they weren't the price of a car.
    1. jamesforestwest · · focus · HN ↗
      Threadripper is underrated for IO-heavy boxes. I made the same mistake with RAM prices, though; should have maxed it out when it was cheap
      1. eptcyka · · focus · HN ↗
        Ye, that's like saying one should've bought Amazon, Apple and Google stock when it was low.
        1. etiennebausson · · focus · HN ↗
          That is only true if you only look at the market value of an asset.

          One is a tool, the other is a speculative financial asset.

          1. lowdownbutter · · focus · HN ↗
            That's why I'm all in on hammers. Garage full of them.
            1. throwaway173738 · · focus · HN ↗
              Different kinds too? You never know when you might need a ball peen hammer or a soft faced hammer or a rubber or deadblow mallet or a framing hatchet. Why take the chance?
          2. sfn42 · · focus · HN ↗
            They bought the ram they needed when they needed it, and probably some extra too. Buying more than necessary is inherently a speculative action - you are betting on needing it in the future, and you are betting that it will be more expensive in the future. If it maintains its price it doesn't matter if you buy it now or later, if it gets cheaper or gets superseded by better alternatives then buying early is essentially a loss.

            So in my view, this situation is almost exactly analogous to stock market speculation.

          3. rithdmc · · focus · HN ↗
            Hindsight remains 20/20, though.
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