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	New quad core server CPUs: AMD Barcelona vs. Intel Harpertown Which quad core server CPU wins the day?	Review: Servers	09/18/2007
	Last week AMD finally, after months of postponing, introduced its quad core Opteron processors, better known by their codename Barcelona. However, AMD is not the only one with a new product; on the first day of the 2007 Fall IDF, Intel will be unveiling its second generation quad core Xeon server processors, which so far has been referred to as Harpertown. Both manufacturers promise better performance than ever before, and both emphasise especially the improvements made when it comes to performance-per-watt. For the past few days we have been testing a Dell pre-production Barcelona server and a Supermicro pre-production Harpertown server, in order to find out which of the competing CPU manufacturers has the best offer in the very popular dual socket server market. Read more (2 comments )