In the wake of Amazon Graviton2, Marvell announced the release of ThunderX3, its third-generation Arm server processor. Anandtech's Andrei Frumusanu reports that the chip, originally created by a small startup called Cavium (later acquired by Marvell), has capabilities shared by none of its big rivals. The ThunderX3 is one of the few processors capable of doing more than two threads per physical core. Its 96-core processor (a very high number for a general processor) offers up to 384 threads on a single socket, with custom-designed Arm v8.3+ cores and speeds likely to go up to 3GHz. A server can support up to two sockets and a total of 16 DDR4 memory controllers. Comparisons published by Marvell have shown that the TX3 can deliver much higher performance per watt (up to 120%) than the competition, which in this case includes AMD's old Rome Epyc and Intel's Cascade Lake-SP Xeons. The ThunderX3 is ideal for data centers, cloud giants, virtual office services, and website hosting companies. What does this mean for business? Essentially, better computing performance for less money. Based on price/performance statistics provided by Amazon Graviton2, we expect Google and Microsoft to pay special attention to Altera and Marvell. Unlike the x86 ecosystem, this technology will not affect the B2C market. However, as newer processors replace older models, the redundant kit is usually found on eBay, like this 7210-core Intel Xeon Phi 64S on sale for $190.