Daily Archives: June 27, 2012

4 Socket Blade Server – Which Intel CPU Do You Choose?

UPDATED 10.13.14

Intel Xeon E5-4600 Quad CPU DiagramNow that Intel has released the 4 socket Sandy Bridge CPU, known as the Intel Xeon E5-4600, how do you know whether you need this processor or the Intel E7-4800 CPU?  This is becoming a common question as more and more people migrate larger sized workloads to 4 socket x86 systems in the attempt to lower overall TCO.  To understand which processor you would need, we must first

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Is This The End of AMD?

AMDvsIntel

It is no surprise that AMD is losing the battle of the x86 server market in the datacenter, but I had no idea their market share was as low as it appears.  Even in the blade server space, you may notice that only a couple of server manufacturers offer AMD now.  A recent study of AMD vs Intel Continue reading