AMD strictly moderated (AMD)

[j3pflynn]

Keith - re: IBM x3

Between the lines you find

"Other vendors don't have our x3 architecture."
We have to pay for the thing and can't lose face by immediately dumping it and going to Opteron.
"When you don't have the x3 architecture, to get performance levels, you have to look for other alternatives."
When you do have it, we still need to.
"Q: But what about for mainstream servers--for example running Microsoft Exchange or databases?
Whitney: I have not had customers come to me asking for that."
But my sales people have been bending my ear about it for months!

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