| AMD claims new quad-core Opteron smokes Intel |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Monday, 10 September 2007 | |
  
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Notably, however, there is no definitive statement or set of benchmarks comparing the respective quad-core offerings of the two companies, which is rather surprising given that AMD goes to great pains to explain that meaningful benchmarking involves comparing "apples to apples". The new quad-core server platform will begin shipping this month, while the desktop AMD Phenom quad-core chips are expected to be on the market by December. AMD has enlisted the support of OEM heavyweights including IBM, HP, Sun and Dell, among others to help rally the troops to its cause, which is to claw back the hard won market share it has lost to Intel in the past year, while waiting to bring its quad-core range to market. “Sun is thrilled about the introduction of Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors. Incorporating Sun’s innovative design principles that enable stunning scalability and industry-leading performance-per-watt, our upcoming Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-based servers and workstations will only accelerate the momentum Sun is experiencing in its x64 business,” said John Fowler, executive vice president of Sun Microsystems’ Systems Group. “With so much pent-up demand for the scalability of native quad-core processing, Sun believes there will be rapid, widespread adoption of Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-based systems. We applaud AMD for yet another technological breakthrough, and are excited to continue to grow our alliance.” Aside from performance issues, hardware OEMs are no doubt pleased that there is now competition in the quad-core space as it will put downward pressure on prices. Pricing info can be found here . |
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