AMD Barcelona Released… Again!

At last, the AMD Quad-Core server processors have been announced problem free. Initially they were announced for availability in September 2007 but AMD pulled all model’s due to erratic issues they had. It’s less catastrophic pulling broken processors off the shelves than it is selling them and have companies live servers go down. AMD has announced they will come in 10 different flavors but have yet to release the model numbers or specifications.

This announcement comes at a crucial time, shortly thereafter announcing they’re cutting 10% of their workforce. The AMD Opteron’s stole quite a bit of market share from Intel for a few years as their performance was unmatched. This of course was up until Intel answered back with their Quad-Core Xeon processors that stole the performance crown. Can AMD do it again?