Intel Corp (INTC)

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Demand for Opteron in Q4 was so poor that AMD sold only 30 K of them. Sales of all 64 bits processors were <200 K per Hector in the CC. Reports suggest the number was about 170 K although Hector would not identify the actual number.

This level of demand is not surprising given the lack of a mainstream OS and the lack of application software for the 64 bit extended IA. The vast majority of the processors are running as nothing but 32 bit processors.