I know people keep saying Intel is dead, but it's not entirely accurate imo.
All of my machines still use Intels (other than my SBCs). So installing this and running it is trivial.
Intel is still a major contributor to the Linux kernel. Thus, all their CPUs have first-class support for it. AMD fired all their Linux engineers some time back. They never rehired them to my knowledge.
Then there's things like this (MKL libraries are another). Intel spends a lot more money on development of these little libraries which does meaningfully speed up processes. Those processes affect my day-to-day work as a software engineer.
That adds up when I have to deploy on the cloud. ARM is not quite there yet and little hiccups at deploy time are a pain when the cost difference is not so significant relative to the hourly cost of my time. Linus Torvalds pointed this out about ARM, stating it couldn't ever take off unless it took off on the desktop.
AMD has had multiple hiring rounds for Linux kernel engineers and their efforts regarding GPU support were never interrupted, so I dunno where you got that AMD fired "all their Linux engineers".
All of my machines still use Intels (other than my SBCs). So installing this and running it is trivial.
Intel is still a major contributor to the Linux kernel. Thus, all their CPUs have first-class support for it. AMD fired all their Linux engineers some time back. They never rehired them to my knowledge.
Then there's things like this (MKL libraries are another). Intel spends a lot more money on development of these little libraries which does meaningfully speed up processes. Those processes affect my day-to-day work as a software engineer.
That adds up when I have to deploy on the cloud. ARM is not quite there yet and little hiccups at deploy time are a pain when the cost difference is not so significant relative to the hourly cost of my time. Linus Torvalds pointed this out about ARM, stating it couldn't ever take off unless it took off on the desktop.