Linux creator, Linus Torvalds, moves to AMD after 15 years of Intel systems

[WYP]

"test builds are now three times faster" - says Linus.



Read more about Linus Torvald's move to an AMD Threadripper-based main system.

 

[looz]

The reddit thread on this subject was fairly typical of the website, people were moaning about Linus not going for the full 3990X. I think he knows which CPU to buy.

 

[WYP]

The reddit thread on this subject was fairly typical of the website, people were moaning about Linus not going for the full 3990X. I think he knows which CPU to buy.

The 3990X is a processor where the term "diminishing returns" applies. It's very expensive, and its extra cores are only useful for very specific workloads. I'd say Linus was wise to go for the 3970X.

AMD created the 3990X to make something that Intel couldn't match and to meet the needs of a very small subset of users.

 

[looz]

Yeah it indeed is a halo product. It's also shown that Linux kernel in particular gets hit by those diminishing returns, while also consuming twice the amount of RAM while doing it. Apparently some of the drivers don't compile well in parallel.