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AMD Opteron tiptoes into Intel server space

NTUsEr   on 06 June 2002 - 23:32 · no comments & 192 views

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AMD's recent admission that the performance of Opteron, its upcoming server-oriented processor, formerly codenamed Sledgehammer, isn't up to snuff will have pleased Intel executives.

Opteron marks AMD's attempt to go beyond the 32-bit PC market and into the more lucrative 64-bit server and scientific computing arenas.

Quite apart from the effect Opteron might have on the 64-bit processor market, Intel's own contender, Itanium, has had its share of performance trouble. However, the poorly received first version of the chip, codenamed Merced, will soon be replaced by a second-generation Itanium, McKinley.

Intel is already gearing up its marketing machine: a few days before the Opteron performance revelation, Intel claimed McKinley-based systems will out-perform rival 64-bit kit by 50-100 per cent.

Intel's definition of 'rival' is product from IBM and Sun. Intel's other 64-bit competitor, Hewlett-Packard, is committed to replace its own PA-Risc chips and the Alpha CPU acquired with the Compaq takeover with Itanium.

News source: The Reg

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