AMD cuts to the core with 'Bulldozer' Opterons

[terrace215]

You're absolutely right, people buy platforms.

Go to Dell's site or HP's site and configure apples to apples R710 vs. R715 or DL380 vs. DL385.

You will find that the processor savings does pass through to the platform level and AMD platforms are 10-15% less expensive.

And yet, AMD lost significant server share last quarter, so either your evaluation of apples to apples is off, or there are other factors at play...