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Comment by robertlagrant

1 year ago

> Fast, performant and cheap. You wanted all 3? Now you got it!

What's the difference between fast and "performant"?

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whytevuhuni  1 year ago

Maybe one is latency (how optimized the software is) and the other is throughput (how many cores it has).

Although more likely just weird marketing.

nzgrover  1 year ago

It's marketing drivel, and marketing loves the "rule of three".

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