Quote Originally Posted by ajaidev View Post
The 4P Beckton will give them more energy efficiency and effectiveness. Also the software will not need to be modified much its a win win scenario.
I will take the "over" on this bet. 1 4P Beckton actually has the potential to be more than double the power consumption of 2 Nehalems.

Each memory channel had an integrated buffer that adds cost, power and heat. Combine that with a price that is 2X the cost of Nehalem on the processors and I doubt you will see anyone in cloud heading in that direction.

Don't forget that Beckton is only 45nm.