Sustainability at the Core with Cloud Native Processors
summary
Cloud-native processors claim to deliver much higher compute density: 128 cores shipped in 2021, designed for 80–90% sustained utilization versus x86 at 40–50%, and rated at about 125 watts per socket. Benchmarks cite 2.5x performance per rack versus Intel and 1.7x versus AMD, with about 2.8x less power and roughly one-third the rack space for equivalent throughput. Available today on providers like Scaleway, Hetzner and OEMs (HP ProLiant RL300) with 100+ Ampere-ready apps (Redis, TensorFlow, WordPress).
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction by host
- 0:24Cloud sustainability crisis
- 4:15Cloud hardware evolution
- 6:42Cloud native processor design
- 9:13Scale out vs scale up
- 13:03Performance per rack metrics
- 15:30Ampere Ultra family benefits
- 17:39Customer success with Scaleway
- 19:49Cash for Clunkers program
- 20:51Takeaways and call to action
- 22:38Q&A session
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