sit, you are exactly right and they are going that route with the Opteron's. The 16-core Opterons were announced a while ago, I believe there is GPU infrastructure in the desktop chips (similar to what Intel is doing with the always-includes-a-GPU-now CPUs).
I imagine when we see the 16-core AMD's next year on 22nm, we'll have 24-core Opterons or something equivalent that is a boon to the hosting industry.
Not saying Intel won't be right there with their own solution, but going the "more cores" route should be interesting to watch and see if it pays off.
I imagine when we see the 16-core AMD's next year on 22nm, we'll have 24-core Opterons or something equivalent that is a boon to the hosting industry.
Not saying Intel won't be right there with their own solution, but going the "more cores" route should be interesting to watch and see if it pays off.