[Gllug] Opteron - dual core or two chips?

[John Hearns]

On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 08:31 +0100, Tethys wrote:
> "Martin A. Brooks" writes:
> 
> >Athlon64 processors are not the same as Opterons.
> 
> Indeed, but *how* do they differ? I was trying to find this out yesterday,
> but AMDs web site was being less than helpful, merely repeating the mantra
> "Athlon 64s for desktops, Opterons for servers".
One difference is that Opterons have three HT buses, so you can link
them into larger SMP configurations.

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