AMD Bulldozer server info

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Keep in mind its not only about core count, but design choices. Intel decided to add 30% die space to have HT, which again gives them 8 threads. AMD decided to invest into a smaller core, which again enables them to fit 6 on a consumer CPU class.

And a Bulldozer module being 12% larger than one core (or what one core would be if they didn't use modules) and actually have the ability to process another thread (instead of just using idle resources of the one core)

There are a lot of people with core i7 920s, who will not move to another 8 threaded cpu. All those sales will go to 6 and 8 core sandybridges on 1356, and amd doesn't even have an answer to those midrange sb chips, let alone s2011. If amd really doesn't want to compete even in the mid-high end, well thats too bad.

You are comparing 8 virtual threads with 8 actual threads.
Do you understand how hyperthreading works? It doesn't make each core process two instructions simultaneously.

And that's how Bulldozer modules are superior. An even smaller increase in die area (HT needs +30%, BD module needs +12%) for the ability to actually process two threads simultaneously.