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Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 31, 2009 @11:59AM from the not-a-power-of-two dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "Advanced Micro Devices has launched a low-power version of its six-core Opteron processor in time for VMworld, a key virtualization show that opens on Monday. The six-core AMD Opteron EE consumes 40 watts, and is designed for 2P servers, among the most popular in the virtualized server space."

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Hardware (Score:5, Funny)

by Tubal-Cain ( 1289912 ) writes: on Monday August 31, 2009 @12:08PM (#29261953) Journal

The six-core AMD Opteron EE...is designed for 2P servers...
All I really want to know is: can you install it in a toaster?

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2P (Score:5, Funny)

by Enry ( 630 ) writes: <enry@@@wayga...net> on Monday August 31, 2009 @12:13PM (#29262049) Journal

Do they mean Dual Processor? I've never heard the term 2P server before.

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Re:first post (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday August 31, 2009 @12:19PM (#29262143)

c-c-c-core breaker!

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Re:Hardware (Score:3, Funny)

by oldspewey ( 1303305 ) writes: on Monday August 31, 2009 @12:24PM (#29262241)

If you want a toaster, you want Netburst.

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Re:2P ... (Score:5, Funny)

by lagfest ( 959022 ) writes: on Monday August 31, 2009 @12:26PM (#29262271)

or not 2P, that is the question.
It might get unpleasant if you hold it in too long.

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Well (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday August 31, 2009 @12:29PM (#29262311)

That's what i call a 6 pack

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Re:Gaming/compiler performance? (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday August 31, 2009 @01:00PM (#29262845)

"If you are either gaming or compiling on your server, you are doing something wrong. "
Now I finally understand why MUD was banned on our group server.

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We're getting robbed of latin related fun (Score:4, Funny)

by spazimodo ( 97579 ) writes: on Monday August 31, 2009 @03:30PM (#29265123)

The previous generations of multi-core CPUs weren't 2-core and 4-core, they were dual and quad-core. These new chips should pretty obviously be called sex-cores. Not since the 667MHZ PII have I been so disappointed.

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Re:Hardware (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday August 31, 2009 @06:07PM (#29267263)

You're posting on a site that still mods BSOD jokes as funny.
It's BSD.

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