Dell to use AMD chips in servers

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Dell to use AMD chips in servers

Postby Silverhaze on Tue May 23, 2006 10:34 am

Well....if anybody here gives a shit:

The day has come. After years of only offering AMD to select customers behind closed doors, the company has now said that it plans to use AMD processors in part of its server line to meet customer demand.

“In the enterprise, we will launch new ninth generation servers featuring Intel’s Woodcrest microprocessors. Dell will also introduce new AMD Opteron processors in our multiprocessor servers by the end of the year offering a great new technology to our customers at the high-end of our server line,” Dell said in a statement.


You can read more here shoud you want to.

In related news it seems that Intel CEO Paul Otellini has expressed his disappointment in Dell’s decision in a memo circulated Friday to company employees. Oh boo fucking hoo.

“While this is an incredibly disappointing announcement,” writes Otellini, “it is not totally surprising. We exist inside of an extremely competitive industry and we have always had to work hard to win every piece of business.”

Addressing what some analysts have been calling a “hole” in Intel’s roadmap, with regard to multi-processor architecture, Otellini continued, “Certainly the MP niche has been a challenging one for us. On one hand, I am very confident in our new Core microarchitecture and our ability to deliver a strong product roadmap and high quality of support for Dell and its customers such that they desire Intel platforms in the desktop, mobile and dual processor server markets. On the other hand, this is a clear wake up call for us to improve our competitiveness in the MP server segment. It says we cannot take anything for granted. We have to continue to earn our success each and every day.”
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