*Source: Real World Technologies (
http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cf...051607033728)*
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In 2002, AMD’s K7 was lagging behind the high frequency 130nm Pentium 4 (Northwood). The 2003 launch of the K8 was a bet-the-company kind of move for AMD. But, by 2005, they had clearly hit the jackpot with the K8 microprocessor. They had three out of four of the major OEMs pitching their server products and Intel’s products barely kept pace in the UP (1 socket) and DP (2 socket) server markets. In the MP (4 socket) server market, AMD was clearly the best choice by a wide margin.
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