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After quite a news drought we seemed to have hit the motherload this morning. Mikey over at The Inquirer is reporting that two ardent Intel-only supports have decided to jump on the Opteron bandwagon; Serverworks and Supermicro.

Supermicro is set to release servers and workadaystations using the AMD Opteron and it will use a BRCM chipset, implying that its Serverworks sub has got Opteron glue, too...

This is big news, and I'm sure there are a few giddy AMD executives out there. I hope we get opportunities to play with this gear. Check it out.

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#22326 Posted on: 04/10/2003 08:30 PM Wow two big Intel power houses making Opteron boards/chipsets, something like this might make me build one of these as a server once i get out of school.

questionlp the Cowardly Tech Posts: 323 Joined: 2002-02-14

#22327 Posted on: 04/10/2003 08:42 PM I guess I have a bigger question... I know Broadcom/ServerWorks chipsets are geared at servers, but they also make some chips that also provide AGP and other workstation needs... but will Supermicro be making any Opteron workstation boards? I'm in the market at getting a dual processor system and the two choices for me are the Xeon's and the Opteron processors (currently leaning towards the former)... but if Supermicro will be making a workstation motherboard, that will help simplify my search for a motherboard [http://closedsrc.org/] My Rig: 2x 2.4GHz Xeon, 1GB PC2700, Supermicro X5DAL-TG2, ATI AIW 9000, SB Audigy 2 Plat/EX, 2x 80GB 7200.7's, Plextor 40x and 8/20, Pioneer 106D, Antec 1000AMG, Enermax 460W EPS-12V

zaphod78 Registered User Posts: 36 Joined: 2002-10-15

#22328 Posted on: 04/10/2003 09:07 PM From the article: And on the workadaystations? * 2 and 4 CPU models * Up to 24Gb of RAM (6 * 4Gb modules) * Built in boardcom TOE gigabit * AGP 8X/Pro 110 * Optional SCSI or SATA adapters on board * ZCRaid compatible for either SCSI or SATA RAID This is the first I've heard of Opteron-based workstations. Or any Opteron based platform with an AGP slot for that matter. Anyone know what release timeframe might be on these chipsets/motherboards? Zaphod78 -Iron Programmer

Perdo Unregistered

#22329 Posted on: 04/10/2003 11:48 PM A new site: 4cpu For all the Quad Opteron w/AGP folks

SHS` Supermicro whore ^_^ Posts: 104 Joined: 2001-04-21

#22330 Posted on: 04/11/2003 04:05 AM Hmmmm. I'd take anything posted by Mike with a large dose of crystalline Sodium Chloride. I don't see anything on the Serverworks/Broadcomm/SuperMicro sites yet. [URL="http://lambcutlet.org/"]The LambCutlet Disorganisation[/URL] Dual-corin' it laptop-style with a Fujitsu E8410 /w Core2 Duo T7500. RIP SuperMicro P6DBE /w 2 x P3 700@784.

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#22331 Posted on: 04/11/2003 04:28 AM I'd take anything posted by Mike with a large dose of crystalline Sodium Chloride. By Eva Glass: Wednesday 09 April 2003, 18:51 What does Mike have to do with it? |[size=1][url=http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=279831#post279831][color=yellow]FAQ's[/url][/color][/size]|Heatware-Remedy{WcS}|Dual760|Beerology|

SHS` Supermicro whore ^_^ Posts: 104 Joined: 2001-04-21

#22332 Posted on: 04/11/2003 04:49 AM Mike's the Inquirer. Eva would be a minion. I'll hold off hopes till either of the actual companies put out a press release. Not that I'm personally interested in x86-64 mind. [URL="http://lambcutlet.org/"]The LambCutlet Disorganisation[/URL] Dual-corin' it laptop-style with a Fujitsu E8410 /w Core2 Duo T7500. RIP SuperMicro P6DBE /w 2 x P3 700@784.

Insp. Gadget Registered User Posts: 89 Joined: 2003-04-17

#22333 Posted on: 04/11/2003 05:26 AM Eva Glass is an anagram of Las Vegas (most of the Inquirer's "reporters" are aliases). Since Fudo (Fuad Abazovic) is their reporter in Vegas, I think it's safe to assume Eva is Fudo. And Mageek & Co. have pretty good contacts, especially in AMD-related subjects. They usually get things right, even when they get the dates wrong.

Buub Old SMP codger Posts: 1276 Joined: 2002-11-19

#22334 Posted on: 04/11/2003 08:33 AM No, Eva is far too well-spoken to be Fudo. His english can be a bit rough sometimes. :-) And what's wrong with the Inquirer? Mageek gets it right pretty often, and he has a good dose of humor to go along with it.

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#22335 Posted on: 04/12/2003 10:35 AM and when the pricing comes down out of the stratophere, it might actually be worth it. Got an Opteron or Athlon64? Sign up at PlanetAMD64, the unofficial homepage for AMD64 technology. News, reviews, and discussion forums.

stmok Registered User Posts: 490 Joined: 2001-06-25

#22336 Posted on: 04/23/2003 12:32 PM Supermicro making an AMD platform...VERY doubtful... Think about it. Would Supermicro ruin a long term, close relationship with Intel? Not likely. 2x PIII 1Ghz (100Mhz FSB) + BX|2x PIII 933Mhz + i840|1x Celeron 500Mhz + BX for now

Tiberius Registered User Posts: 34 Joined: 2002-11-17

#22337 Posted on: 04/02/2004 09:04 PM think about it would supermicro ruin a strategic opportunity to maintain a relationship with a company that hasn't done anything "right", from the technical (not marketing, they got that right) standpoint, in several iterations? itanium, netburst, rdram, prescott, failing to position centrino correctly, so on so forth intel's in no position to play monopoly games, nothing on their roadmap / up their sleeve for at least a year or two, and when they do pull out their on-die memory controller and 64-bit extensions, that's when the price war begins :-p and a year or two is a long time in this sector

ambit LoveYourFruit Posts: 1243 Joined: 2000-10-15

#22338 Posted on: 04/02/2004 09:36 PM Holy old thread revival!

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