Replies to post #49813 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[StocksR4Me]

Company I work for is primarily an "IBM" only shop. We are looking to buy several servers and while we don't need 64b capabilities now the perception is why limit our future options. Interesting that even non techie types perceive 64 bit as the way to go now.

We considered the Opteron model 325/326 1U rack mounts that IBM has but they want more capacity for internal drives. They are now looking at the IBM x-series model 236 with a duaL CPU which uses the Xeon EM64T with the 800Mhz FSB and DDR2 memory (I believe 90nm cpu's). They are also looking at the two rack mount Opteron models from HP (dual and 4 way)as well even though they really want tower servers for this application.(They primarily only buy from first tier vendors)

Believe it or not they actually expressed a concern about the heat dissipation from the new EM64T cpus from Intel. I can't find a chart anywhere to show the "TDP" of the 2.8, 3, 3.2, 3.4 and 3.6 EM64T cpus. Depending on the location this may actually play a part in their decision since these servers won't be heavily loaded initially.

[chipguy]

However, Intel definitely is earning a 'follower' reputation with new x86 processor technology!

I guess you have to count your victories where you find
them, even a lame moral victory like this. Yay, AMD had
the first 64 bit x86 chip. Meanwhile convoys of trucks
carrying Intel cash to the bank continue unabated.

AMD was first to market with SIMD FP instructions to
speed up 3D games. What was the lasting effect of that
leadership position for AMD?