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AMD Says It Can Still Beat Intel Cores with Opterons
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
While Intel was hosting its semi-annual Developer Forum in San Francisco last week, Advanced Micro Devices was also a few blocks away in an undisclosed location, giving briefings to journalists, analysts, and PC and server makers who wanted to hear how AMD was going to counter Intel's low-powered Core processors for PCs and servers. AMD is pretty confident that it can continue to beat Intel and gain market share. READ MORE >
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SCO Aims at Linux with SCAMP Stack
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Struggling commercial Unix operating system distributor SCO Group has been fighting a two-front war for a number of years. On one front, the former Linux vendor (remember Caldera?) that bought the Santa Cruz Operation to bolster its position in Linux decided that rather than join Linux, it would fight it in the market with SCO's OpenServer and UnixWare Unixes. And at the same time, SCO decided that it would sue IBM for allegedly putting its Unix intellectual property into the open source Linux operating system and then got dragged into lawsuits with Novell and Red Hat. READ MORE >
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HP Puts Faster Opterons into ProLiants
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Ten years ago, Hewlett-Packard was in a fight to try to get ahead of rival Compaq Computer in the X86 PC and server racket, and it decided to break ranks with Intel and try to get some competitive advantage by putting Advanced Micro Devices' K6-2 processor in the first sub-$1,000 PC on the market. Fast forward a decade, and now HP owns Compaq and is putting X86-clone chips from VIA Technologies and now AMD into its thin clients, and it is the most aggressive seller of AMD's Opteron processors for servers. READ MORE >
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The X Factor: X64 Chip Price War Looms
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
After getting their respective Xeon and Opteron roadmaps in order for 2006 and 2007, Intel and AMD are heading for a price war. Will they be smart enough--or stupid enough--to do it, and what does a price war mean for the server market? READ MORE >
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Reader Feedback and Insights
We value your feedback and insights. Feel free to send a letter to the editor. Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. READ MORE >
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Editor: Timothy Prickett Morgan
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik,
Shannon O'Donnell, Timothy Prickett Morgan
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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