
7/27/2021 · Nitin Rao, James Allworth, Sung Park
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This post details Cloudflare's significant step in energy efficiency by deploying Arm-based CPUs in their edge servers. It highlights a 57% increase in performance per watt compared to previous AMD Rome CPUs, and a substantial improvement over 2013 server generations. The post emphasizes the imperative for energy efficiency driven by their large free customer base and calls for x86 manufacturers to prioritize sustainability.