Late to the party but celebrating nonetheless, AMD is announcing that Dell is offering five quad-core Opteron server platforms, reports The Register. It’s not clear why AMD and not Dell is throwing the confetti, though.
The line includes the PowerEdge SC1435, 2970, M605 blade server and 6950 platforms, as well as the PowerEdge T605 tower server. ZDNet blogger Larry Dignan reports VMware also has completed certification of the quad-core AMD Opterons.
As eWEEK notes, AMD needs some good news, after recently announcing more layoffs amid dismal financial performance.
Meanwhile, rival Intel reported strong sales in the quarterand share prices jumped with its rosy forecast for the remainder of 2008, reports The San Jose Mercury News. Investors have been watching the company as a bellwether of the tech industry’s health in the slumping U.S. economy.
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