By: Mark Roulo (nothanks.delete@this.xxx.com), January 12, 2011 5:43 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Brett (ggtgp@yahoo.com) on 1/12/11 wrote:
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>Thank you, I was indeed wrong.
You are welcome :-)
>... This is the reason I expected Intels 4 socket system sales to fall of the edge of the earth.
>AMD peaked at 56% of the 4 socket market instead.
>I was wrong.
For what it is worth, it became clear to me at this time that I did *NOT* understand the 4 and 8 way socket server market. Given AMD's clear advantage I expected Intel to get creamed. Intel did lose market share, but not nearly as much as I expected.
I suspect that something other than performance was the issue. Perceived reliability of the Intel systems. Or RAS features on the chip. Or something.
But I don't really know.
-Regards,
Mark Roulo
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>Thank you, I was indeed wrong.
You are welcome :-)
>... This is the reason I expected Intels 4 socket system sales to fall of the edge of the earth.
>AMD peaked at 56% of the 4 socket market instead.
>I was wrong.
For what it is worth, it became clear to me at this time that I did *NOT* understand the 4 and 8 way socket server market. Given AMD's clear advantage I expected Intel to get creamed. Intel did lose market share, but not nearly as much as I expected.
I suspect that something other than performance was the issue. Perceived reliability of the Intel systems. Or RAS features on the chip. Or something.
But I don't really know.
-Regards,
Mark Roulo
