another AMD endorsement

Robert G. (Doc) Savage dsavage at peaknet.net
Thu Mar 11 04:41:52 UTC 2004


At work we're setting up a new web site with IBM's BladeCenter hardware.
For a while there, IBM was the only source of true server blades powered
by Xeon processors (everyone else used cooler P-III and Crusoe CPUs).
IBM is now poised to upgrade their blade line to 64-bit processors. A
single CPU PowerPC 970 JS20 blade is available now. IBM initially
planned to go with Itanium2 as the Xeon's replacement, but an insider
tells me they've decided to scrap their Intel designs and go with AMD.
Look for IBM's official announcement in 30-60 days for dual and quad
Opteron blades.

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL





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