The new processor war about cores, not speed

摘要

Both advanced micro devices inc. and Intel Corp. upped the core ante in the server chip wars last month, with AMD launching launching eight- and 12-core Opteron 6100 processors, code-named Magny-Cours, just days before Intel was scheduled to intro its own Nehalem eight-core processor.rnFor the most part, these chips are aimed at the four-way server market.