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Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has committed to AMD quad-core Opteron "Barcelona" processors in Proliant DL585 servers, according to company documents. This comes as AMD is preparing to send samples of its "B3" quad-core Opteron processor to customers. The B3 stepping (or version) fixes, in silicon, a...

AMD unwrapped a few more details about its upcoming quad-core server and workstation processor "Barcelona" at the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). While the announcements focus on the power efficiency of the processor, the company tells conference attendees that it is...