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AWS, the cloud-computing arm of the Web retailer, remains open to working with providers of ARM-based chips and is hiring more semiconductor engineers to add to its own capabilities, Hamilton said.

Funny, the undercurrent I got from that article is that AWS is ready to switch to ARM as soon as they feel it's worth it. For now, the very first generation of ARM servers isn't quite there for AWS's tastes.

The real question is, why is it news that AWS isn't doing so yet? Who benefits from soliciting and presenting this testimonial that ARM servers aren't (yet) superior to Intel servers?

(Hint: It's called "PR")

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