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Intel inside again for new Google servers

Slimy   on 26 January 2007 - 20:59 · 4 comments & 3404 views

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Intel seems to be on the rebound not only on the desktop side of the picture, but the server side as well. Google has begun buying Intel server components in high volume, Pat Gelsinger, a co-general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group, wrote on his blog. Gelsinger said Intel had to create custom equipment to win back the business. Intel design teams "have been maniacal as we designed a unique board for them, developing a unique memory module with them, working every angle of the cost equation and engaging with our sales teams to get the business," Gelsinger said. "We bought a small number of chips from Intel recently, but we continue to be supplied by more than one vendor," Google said in a statement but didn't discuss motherboard purchases or other details.

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(1 reply) #1 C++ on 26 Jan 2007 - 21:28
No news here, when was Intel ever not a good server solution? All things considered, AMD never beat Intel's product. They simply beat Intel's pricing.
#1.1 Yogurth on 27 Jan 2007 - 17:21
You are quite wrong. AMD had superior server soulution for years in pricing, performance and power consumption, and it wasn't until Xeons based on core2 technology that Intel regained performace crown.
#2 adversedeviant on 26 Jan 2007 - 22:28
wounder how much those unique boards cost
#3 Croquant on 27 Jan 2007 - 10:02
There's nothing wrong, per se, with AMD's Opteron line. For low-end servers in situations where money is tight it can be a option to consider. However, Google isn't running anything that's even remotely low-end, so their going with Intel for their server CPUs was a no-brainier. It would be likely to apply to their workstations and desktops, too.

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