Glenn BerryI think "Intel On Demand" is a huge short-sighted mistake.
Intel has some potentially interesting and useful hardware offload accelerators in Sapphire Rapids.
Doing this will slow adoption of those accelerators.
Niko Neugebauer@GlennAlanBerry It is a popular business model though. Unfortunately, as I may add from the personal point of view.
This is definitely not a technical, but a business management decision.
This is definitely not a technical, but a business management decision.
@nikoneugebauer I understand the financial appeal to Intel. But Intel is not in a position of strength vs. AMD Genoa for general purpose compute.
The specialized accelerators in Sapphire Rapids can help offset that, if more ISVs start using them. Trying to charge extra (and confusing people) seems like it will slow adoption.
@GlennAlanBerry time will tell. I would love to see higher specialized accelerator adoption.