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		hderms on May 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New x86 micro-op vulnerability breaks all known Sp... Wouldn't that presumably cause energy costs to skyrocket because of all the overhead you get from going from multitenant machines to dedicated ones? Even if the capex is compare I'd imagine it would be hard to get the opex to be competitive

MaxBarraclough on May 1, 2021 [–]

> Wouldn't that presumably cause energy costs to skyrocket because of all the overhead

I don't have hard numbers, but I wouldn't have thought it would be all that dramatic.

As for price competitiveness, some customers might be ok with paying for the increased security.

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