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Inquirer szerint a dual-core Opteronok április 21-én fognak érkezni. Erről már volt itt cikk, viszont most megírták azt is, hogy szerintük 1.8, 2.0 és 2.2 GHz-en fog debütálni! Na, ez utóbbin meglepődtem! Ráadásul a 8xx szériás processzorok rögtön kaphatóak lesznek! Ez ha jól számolom legalább 9-10 hónap előny a dual-core Xeon ellen, hacsak az Intel nem hozza előbbre annak debütálását. Ja igen, és 5-6 hónap előny a Montecitoval szemben.
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Informants tell me that the speeds of processors dubbed the 865, the 870 and the 875 will be 1.8GHz, 2GHz, and 2.2GHz. They also expect AMD to announce Opterons using its familiar number scheme for two way and uniprocessor systems.
That would mean that we're likely to see a similar range for the 2X and the 1X numbering series.
But we expect the 865, 870 and 875 processors, aimed at four way and eight way systems to be available in some quantities on launch date. The dual and single server systems are likely to be available a little later.
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A fentiek tükrében nem lehet véletlen, hogy a Dell megint fontolgatja az AMD processzorok alkalmazását. A Dell CEO-ja, Kevin Rollins
mondta, hogy ha a vásárlóink tényleg komolyan igénylik, akkor kegyeskedünk AMD processzoros gépeket forgalmazni. Bár lehet, hogy nem pont ezekkel a szavakkal.
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DELL SAYS that if its customers really, really demand AMD chips, the company will provide them.
The promise comes from none other than CEO Kevin Rollins, and is probably just another indication that Dell is twisting and turning like a twisty turny thing with the mighty Intel or is hanging out for a better deal with AMD.
Rollins comments were made at a press conference that took place at the conclusion of Dell's annual analysts' meeting for Wall Street and the news media.
Reuters claimed that the comments revived speculation that Dell could end its long-standing refusal to use AMD chips, although we have heard that all before.
The man himself said that Dell was "still looking at AMD; they have fairly good technology". Nice of him to say so.
But Rollins added that any decision to make AMD its second supplier of microprocessor chips would mean sweeping changes for related components inside its Dell PCs.
He claimed that the changes would drive up initial production costs, so Dell would turn to AMD chips only if customers demanded them. While Dell would "never say never", customers would have to demand it and the bottom line figures would have to be good, he said.
Rollins claimed that AMD might have trouble meeting additional demand for high-volume PC products, but not necessarily for chips used in high-end PC servers. You can read the full comments here.
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