Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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For this test Dell sent us a pre-production Barcelona server, based on their existing PowerEdge 2970. What it comes down to is Dell has done pretty much what we described on a previous page: switched out the dual core CPUs in an existing Opteron server for Barcelona models.

http://www.hardware.info/en-US/articles/amdnZWppZGWa/New_quad_core_server_CPUs_AMD_Barcelona_vs_Intel_Harpertown/4
http://www.hardware.info/en-US/articles/amdnZWppZGWa/New_quad_core_server_CPUs_AMD_Barcelona_vs_Intel_Harpertown/19