Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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Haddock

If i would have been in AMDs, Sandias or Crays position, at the time of announcement that is what I would have communicated and/or assured in the contract. For at least these good reasons: To prevent from any doubts it is feasible and to keep some arrows in the quiver for the long time this topic will be in discussion.

When it comes to realization, I dont think Sandia will be bothered getting faster and/or less energy-consuming CPUs, dont you think? And AMD might have a viable interest to deliver the best they can at that time for this project.
As for costs of CPU, irrelevant, but Sandia has a fixed budget which will be shared by the parties involved according to the contracts already inked.

In a nutshell, you bet Red Storm it is gonna be more performant as disclosed at the time of the announcement. For the time being, just far too early to guesstimate how much more performant. Expect to become educated about that in some slices within the next year.

K.