2023-12-01
Cloudflare Gen 12 Compute servers are moving to 2U1N form factor to optimize the thermal design to accommodate both high-power CPUs (>350W) and GPUs effectively while maintaining performance and reliability...
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2021-10-05
Contemporary x86 processors implement some variants of Hyper-Threading and Turbo Boost. We decided to learn about the implications of these two technologies....
2021-08-31
At Cloudflare we aim to introduce a new server platform to our edge network every 12 to 18 months or so, to ensure that we keep up with the latest industry technologies and developments. ...
2021-05-06
Is it ok to have if clauses that will basically never be run? Surely, there must be some performance cost to that......
2020-03-01
Looking back at this week's posts on the design, specifications, and performance of Cloudflare’s Gen X servers using AMD CPUs. Every server can run every service. This architectural decision has helped us achieve higher efficiency across the Cloudflare network. ...
February 27, 2020 2:00 PM
We have partnered with AMD to get the best performance out of this processor and today, we are highlighting our tuning efforts that led to an additional 6% performance. Thermal design power (TDP) and dynamic power, amongst others, play a critical role when tuning a system. ...
February 24, 2020 1:00 PM
We designed and built Cloudflare’s network to be able to grow capacity quickly and inexpensively; to allow every server, in every city, to run every service; and to allow us to shift customers and traffic across our network efficiently....
