Current ARM server chips are much worse than Intel chips on the performance&#x2F;watt metric [1]. The datacenter play would necessarily have to target consumers with low performance needs and offer them a better price. That would be tough because you have to compete against the already-cheap $5&#x2F;server&#x2F;mo Intel market.<p>AMD&#x27;s SeaMicro was arguably the best shot at offering an alternate ARM-server commoditization model. AMD shut down SeaMicro in April [2].<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.anandtech.com&#x2F;show&#x2F;8357&#x2F;exploring-the-low-end-and-micro-server-platforms&#x2F;17" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.anandtech.com&#x2F;show&#x2F;8357&#x2F;exploring-the-low-end-and...</a>
[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theregister.co.uk&#x2F;2015&#x2F;04&#x2F;16&#x2F;amd_q1_2015_earnings&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theregister.co.uk&#x2F;2015&#x2F;04&#x2F;16&#x2F;amd_q1_2015_earnings...</a>