Evaluate other CPU architectures
Description
Applications are built with a software architecture that best fits the business need they are serving. Cloud providers make it easy to evaluate other CPU types, such as x86-64, which can be included in the evaluation along with many cost effective alternatives that feature good performance per watt.
Solution
Other CPU architectures besides x86_64 should be evaluated for the application with energy efficiency and execution performance in mind.
SCI Impact
SCI = (E * I) + M per R
Software Carbon Intensity Spec
Evaluating other CPU architectures can impact SCI as follows:
E: Other CPU architectures may provide better energy efficiency for the application use case and, as such, reduce the overall energy consumption
Assumptions
- Assumes that the framework can be executed on other CPU architectures as well and is optimized for it
Considerations
- Also consider specialized accelerators for workloads that cloud providers might offer