Thread: AMD drops the fee for its 4P Opteron 6100

The end of the tax
Specially, the same processor can be used on a 2P or 4P platform. The company has surprised by the statement, which notably cut the price of 4P servers. The manufacturer claims it is a declining market, which in recent years, from 10% to 4% of servers in favor of versions 2P.The fact that the introduction of this measure coincides with the launch of its platform Maranello is no accident. AMD wants to recover share in the professional market, the company relies heavily on its sales of Opteron to become gainful.

The beginning of new sales
This is a very smart from AMD. On a purely technical level, the 4P and 2P processors are identical and do not justify the price sometimes doubled. Economically, it was feared that the ending of the tax hits the 2P server market. in fact, though, doubt that companies do not need to spend an intensive 4P configuration simply because the prices of processors have decreased costs connected with the use of such systems is much more important, due to higher consumption and material requires more steady. By cons, organizations interested in 4P servers, but limited by their budget, should buy more processors than ever before.

This measure also permits AMD to prepare the next launch of Nehalem EX Xeon 4P should be more efficient than previous Opteron.