The Register: AMD's Opteron loses ground where it kind of counts

From: Keith Parris (keithparris_NOSPAM_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:02:41 GMT

 From The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/19/amd_top500_loss/

"as measured by the most recent Top 500 supercomputer list... AMD and
its Opteron processor lost ground."

"The number of supercomputer installations using AMD's chips fell from
34 sites in June of 2004 to 31 sites in November. Meanwhile, Intel,
which barely registered on this list three years ago, moved from 285
sites to 318."

"high performance computing customers are often ahead of the curve,
picking up gear that will later be used by enterprise customers. With
that in mind, the lack of interest in Opteron clusters must be
disheartening for AMD."

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