Reading everyone's comments, knowing nothing about this stuff, I had a random question:

Does all this create an opportunity for another chip line (architecture) to capture some of the server market?

I'm thinking specifically of SPARC. How far behind is SPARC now? A decade? Is that gap surmountable?

Given that 1) both AMD and Intel have issues, and 2) the commentariat have written the variety of ARMs are a mess too, and 3) maybe the people who care (those with server farms) will mitigate risks by adding a completely different architecture to the mix (prefer hetero vs mono culture).

Just curious.