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More Info on the New AMD Server Platform #

By Jake at AMD Posted Monday 21st September 2009 05:57 GMT

You can find additional information on the new AMD platform in this blog: http://links.amd.com/ServerPlatformBlog.

And watch these videos for an overview of the new platform: http://links.amd.com/NewPlatformVideo and http://links.amd.com/ChipsetVideo.

Mangy-Cours ? #

By GrahamT Posted Monday 21st September 2009 08:56 GMT

bit of a freudian slip there. Magny-Cours, circuit of the French Grand Prix, surely.

Was this an AMD pun: Many cores; circuit?

None the wiser ? #

By paul brain Posted Monday 21st September 2009 09:14 GMT

Is it just me or did I just learn nothing from AMD here ?

Mangy-cours? #

By John Vinall Posted Monday 21st September 2009 09:44 GMT

*snigger*

Re: Mangy-Cours ? #

By TeeCee Posted Monday 21st September 2009 11:50 GMT

Both the AMD pun and the background to the misspelling can be seen here:

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/08/04/amd_magny_cours_migration/

Probably the dumbest question on this page #

By E 2 Posted Monday 21st September 2009 16:30 GMT

Do these new AMD chipsets support Crossfire? Some of the boards described here (Supermicro at least) have of PCIe 16x slots: some mad gamers, and also graphics professionals, would pay for dual CPU quadfire boxes.