Quote Originally Posted by BeepBeep2 View Post
Even for servers, I dont see how BD is a win.
16 core server chips, they could have shrunk Magny Cours and improved clockspeed a few hundred Mhz or added 4 more K10 cores.
They should have added Llano 3-5% improvements plus 32nm shrink on X6, add in 200-300 Mhz headroom and called it a day.
BD added new Instruction sets which in proper bench marks, show how much better BD is then Phenom II. I know, not a lot of applications take advantage of these yet, but soon will. Now it Thuban could have been shruck, added Instruction sets and bumbed the clock speed... It would have been a nice chip.