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To: Dan3 who wrote (72759)2/28/2002 1:11:20 PM
From: Bill JacksonRespond to of 275872
 
Dan, Yes it would. AMD has contenders, all it needs is users.
I think that the blade concept lowers the entry barrier for server makers. What is needed is for Asus to make a blade MOBO with SCSI on it and then the SD shops will be able to make blades with ease with small cases for smaller numbers of blades and larger racks for the larger sites.

In fact I see rapid commoditization of blades coming soon as this happens. Blades are a natural for linux, so there are no SW issues.
This will be bad for Dell/CPQ etc who depened on proprietary servers with big margins if a sea of third party blades eats away at them

Bill



To: Dan3 who wrote (72759)2/28/2002 1:53:19 PM
From: Tony ViolaRespond to of 275872
 
Dan, >A 15watt Athlon4 1400+ would make an ideal chip for a blade processor.

That power is not low enough still. The ultra-low voltage Intel® Pentium® III processor, with 512K cache is spec'd at 8.2 watts max. at 700 MHz. Compaq uses this for sure, also RLX I'm pretty sure. IBM, HP upcoming blades probably use it also.

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