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More Drooling Over The Opteron

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the looking-pretty dept.

bradv writes "I havent heard much about the new 64bit chips from AMD lately and was excited to find this article to satisfy my appetite for a little while longer. Probably more info than most people will ever care about. "

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  1. The OPTERON by Ogrez · · Score: 5, Funny

    How can I not love a 64 bit processor that for some reason makes me think of the Transformers...

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    1. Re:The OPTERON by TrekCycling · · Score: 2, Funny
      Yes, Opteron is a 64-bit Gestalt composed of two 32-bit chips.

      Athlons unite and form Opteron.

  2. OMG look at all those pins by Nevermore-Spoon · · Score: 4, Funny

    makes me feel prickily all over

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  3. News for Nerds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Probably more info than most people will ever care about."

    Yeah... And yet that is surely why you posted it on Slashdot - "News for Nerds".

  4. Yea, what he said. by FreeLinux · · Score: 4, Funny

    more info than most people will ever care about

    That's a great reason to put it on the front page.

  5. Check the specs! by product+byproduct · · Score: 2, Funny

    Verify the maximum amount of drool the chip can sustain before you start to droll over it.

  6. Re:great, but... by Jonboy+X · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why, thank you Mr. Cringely...

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  7. The biggest advantage and the drawback by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ..is that the processor is based on x86 architecture.

  8. Re:Superlative grammar by Gothmolly · · Score: 3, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, your memory error-corrects you!

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