Quote Originally Posted by Nedjo View Post
between Hexa-Core Gulftown and mission critical Tulsa (I hope I've hit codename), Beckton with it's special requirements for FB-DIMM 2, and complicated/expensive mobos is dead-end project of long ago departed Pat Gelsinger... only thing that's keeping him alive is the fact that Intel doesn't want to make another Larrabee announcement in such a short time-span!

Investing so much resources in a complete spin-off product like Beckton for disproportionately big 4-socket market is nonsense, that might have worked before Economy breakdown, but not anymore!

but who would no... if Intel is so desperate for 4S product... they just might do something so unreasonable as Beckton launch!

point is what ever they do, I don't see a reason for AMD to talk about it, or spread rumors 'cos MC and Maranello as a unified long term platform that can enable 1/2/4S is far more appealing, and affordable for server builders
Beckton is DDR3-1066.. I have a pdf here showing some of the upcoming boards but would get my backside spanked if I showed it..