AMD will soon begin selling its low-power, quad-core "Barcelona" Opteron processors.
It looks like the world isn't clamouring for 64-bit desktops just yet.
Although Intel beat AMD to the desktop dual-core market last Monday in the US, AMD has one-upped its rival and released dual-core CPUs for the server.
Intel has begun selling programming tools that let developers create software that supports 64-bit x86 chips, an important step in making the new generation of processors useful.
The vote of confidence that Microsoft is reported to have given to the hammer family of processors has been reaffirmed by AMD today.
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Intel's upcoming Itanium 2 processor will come out at 900MHz and 1GHz, according to sources, and cost about the same as existing Itanium chips.
Hewlett-Packard, Dell, IBM and others will announce on Monday in the US the first servers to use Intel Xeon processors augmented with 64-bit extensions, a technology with major long-term implications.
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In the world of processors, attention seems firmly focused on the fast-paced desktop and mobile markets. But that doesn't mean that there's nothing going on in server-land.
Advanced Micro Devices is looking to drum up support for its forthcoming 64-bit Opteron server chip.
AMD will launch its long-awaited 64-bit Opteron server chip in April, and will rely on new 'Barton' desktop processors to compete against Intel for now.
Intel is taking a software approach to increase the performance of its 64-bit Itanium processor when running 32-bit applications.
Sun Microsystems VP John Fowler and Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim show off the Sun Fire X4100, part of the new Galaxy family of servers.
AMD has released its Opteron processor, and several companies have also announced products based on the chip.
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