DELL为何选择AMD？

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Speaking at Dell Inc.'s Technology Day in New York City this Tuesday, Dell executives said that blade servers weren't a good fit for many data centers, and that traditional rackmount systems may in fact deliver better density.

"In very high density, very new data centers where power can be optimized, blades can deliver lower cost, lower management and a greater possible degree of standardization," said Neil Hand, vice president of worldwide enterprise marketing.

But "there are challenge areas for blades," Hand said. "Some older data centers just don't have the air handling capabilities to handle blades," he said. In those data centers, it may actually be possible to fit more rackmounted servers in a chassis than you could blades. "Theoretically, blades offer more density, but only if you have the ability to cool them."

Hand was careful to point out that sales of Dell's PowerEdge BL 1995 systems are growing. From Q1 2005 to Q1 2006, sales of the systems grew 37%, he said. Overall, IDC ranks Dell third in the blade server market behind IBM and Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP), with just under 14% market share.

But Hand wouldn't venture a guess as to how many of the servers it sells going forward will be blade based. "We are not maintaining a specific mix goal," he said. "We do not believe that blades are a bet-the-future solution," Hand said, but rather, "just another option."

'We overestimated Intel'

Dell executives also talked about why they took so long in deciding to offer servers based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) Opteron chips. The delayed decision was the result of a miscalculation about Intel Corp.'s ability to speedily rectify power consumption and performance problems with its Xeon chips, said Jeff Clarke, senior vice president (SVP) in Dell's product group.
"We overestimated Intel's ability to deliver [a competitive chip] and catch up," Clarke said.

At the same time, Dell "underestimated" AMD's ability to continue to produce high-performance, low-wattage chips, said Brad Anderson, another Dell SVP in the products group. "We believed that AMD's ability to sustain its performance advantage was not going to continue," he said. "We missed that."

Thus, the company reiterated its commitment to bring to market two new AMD-based servers by the end of the year: one two-socket model competitive with the HP DL385 and a four-socket entry aimed at the DL585.

But Dell refused to speculate about how many AMD-based systems it will sell going forward. "More than zero, less than 100%," quipped Michael Dell, company chairman.

Furthermore, Dell does not believe that AMD Opteron chips hold an advantage anymore, thanks to Intel's new Woodcrest Xeon chips. "Until very recently, AMD did have the performance and price-per-watt advantage," Hand said. However, "Intel's new designs versus AMD are very competitive."

But Dell concedes that many data center customers have already taken the AMD plunge; offering both Intel and AMD chips allows Dell to "get back to fundamentals -- are you delivering aggregate value?" Clarke said.

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oxeast

博弈啊  

不过DELL的AMD产品线不够丰富

apexmfg

因為intel改變的政策
DELL拿不到特價的CPU,
所以要拿AMD作牌w00t)

oxeast

最变态的是 DELL的AMD机还搞BTX~~~w00t)

yanyan

Intel 每款芯片组都有BTX主板,AMD的倒是么见过，BTX和它不相关啊  :unsure:

naiver

为了兼容dell自己的机箱阿
为了amd再去设计机箱，然后又要做一大堆reliability, shock,vibration,drop, thermal的测试，当然不划算

noend440

看不懂哦

就就就

amd也可以啊，跑分差点，一般的游戏还是可以的，没人天天很BT的去跑显卡危机吧

xxxyyy

一大串英文阿，谁来翻译个:) :p :lol: :a)

fox990

AMD是这些大的PC厂商向INTEL谈判的一个筹码,现在每个厂商推出AMD处理器的机器都会大肆宣传一下,其实销量很小的,只是做一种手段.只是想告诉INTEL,你要给我优惠点,我还有选择的.
前几年的时候INTEL对合作厂商的控制很严,一旦合作厂商推出基于AMD处理器的机器,就会取消给那个厂的优惠条件.