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[Golfbum]

I think Becton is a sign of things to come wrt modular design. IIRC it is the first time the Xeon die is truely different (uncore) than a fused off desktop die.

I know there was one before that was a special (can't remember the name) but with the new modular design approach I wouldn't be surprised to see the highend x86 server cadence be pulled in a bit.

And if there is any uncore sharing plans between x86 and Itanium it can work in favor of both to lower design and validation times.

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