How Fast Will AMD 'Barcelona' Be?
 

*Source: BetaNews (http://www.betanews.com/article/How_...e/1179361541)*
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LOS ANGELES - Much of the talk among reporters and analysts here at WinHEC concerns oft-repeated claims emerging from AMD last week concerning preliminary estimates of the relative speed of its new "Barcelona" server processor generation, especially compared to Intel equipment.

Multiple sources have quoted slightly different variations on the claims they'd heard from headquarters, so this afternoon, during an interview ostensibly about hardware-based virtualization (more on that later), BetaNews sought to clarify the claim.

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