AMD vs INTEL

Together with the announcement of the new Shanghai server processors, AMD shed some light on their upcoming six-core server processors codenamed Istanbul.
AMD isn’t relying on sheer number of cores, as they’re adding power management technologies and certain improvements to increase performance. Unlike the announced Shanghais, where the company hopes for similar performance at lower consumption, [...]

Taking the spotlight for a bit, following Intel’s 32nm showcase, AMD has given a glimpse at what its upcoming six-core Opteron processors (codename Istanbul). As reported by… The Tech Report, the server CPUs were shown off in three systems – two quad-socket and one dual-socket, running everything from Windows Server 2008 to Server 2008 plus [...]