The Linux specialists over at Phoronix have conducted the first tests of Nvidia's Vera CPU, comparing it to Intel's Xeon CPUs and AMD's Epyc chips. Early performance results suggest it's plenty powerful, although power draw was high. …
… In early June, Ryzen users running Linux began reporting segmentation faults when running multiple concurrent compilation workloads using multiple different versions of GCC. LVVM/Clang was not affected, and the issue appears confined to Linux. …
… But the cumulative impact of these patches could result in more tests where Intel and AMD switch rankings as a result of performance impacts that only hit one vendor. To date, we've seen no sign that Spectre and Meltdown have driven any additional business to AMD's Epyc servers. …