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Gareth Halfacree · 12th Dec 2012, 08:28

Takes aim at the cloud computing, micro-server markets.
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2012/12...-atom-server/1

fluxtatic · 13th Dec 2012, 06:29

Speaking as an AMD fanboy, I can only say, SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY.

All this just comes across as petty and weak - you didn't see Intel pissing on AMD when Bulldozer turned out to be a massive failure. Or when Piledriver turned out to be less than it should have been.

Enough already, AMD. Keep your heads down and hope and pray that Steamroller gets AMD competitive with more than the lowest-end i3s...when it's Intel's dual-core versus AMD's 8-core.

yougotkicked · 14th Dec 2012, 01:03

That last line kills me, and fills me with hope at the same time. I was doubtful whether intel was actually committed to the massively-multithreaded concept until I saw that price break. I'm betting we'll see server boards come out with support for many processors on riser cards, no one wants a thousand processors if it means they need a thousand motherboards, power supplies, cases etc.

just to put 6W in perspective, you could power a server farm's worth of these chips without breaking a sweat on a stationary bike.

12th Dec 2012, 08:28	#1
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14th Dec 2012, 01:03	#3
yougotkicked A.K.A. YGKtech Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA Posts: 236	That last line kills me, and fills me with hope at the same time. I was doubtful whether intel was actually committed to the massively-multithreaded concept until I saw that price break. I'm betting we'll see server boards come out with support for many processors on riser cards, no one wants a thousand processors if it means they need a thousand motherboards, power supplies, cases etc. just to put 6W in perspective, you could power a server farm's worth of these chips without breaking a sweat on a stationary bike. __________________ Corsair Carbide 500R ::::: NINE (!) case fans Intel I5 2500K @ 4.5Ghz ::::: AIR cooled (modified tuniq tower 120) Asus P8Z68-V LX ::::: 16GB 1866 9-9-9-27-1T (1.4v) Samsung low profile 30nm's Gigabyte Radeon HD 6870 1GB ::::: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 128GB Intel SSD :::: 2x WD 1TB drives in RAID 1

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13th Dec 2012, 06:29	#2
fluxtatic Supermodder Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Seattle Posts: 399	Speaking as an AMD fanboy, I can only say, SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY. All this just comes across as petty and weak - you didn't see Intel pissing on AMD when Bulldozer turned out to be a massive failure. Or when Piledriver turned out to be less than it should have been. Enough already, AMD. Keep your heads down and hope and pray that Steamroller gets AMD competitive with more than the lowest-end i3s...when it's Intel's dual-core versus AMD's 8-core.