AMD cuts Opteron prices pre-Istanbul
Dual-cores dropped
Over the Memorial Day holiday, x64 chip designer and seller (but no longer maker) Advanced Micro Devices cut prices for its Opteron line of processors for servers and workstations. The price cuts come as rival Intel is cranking up the pressure with its “Nehalem EP” Xeon 3500s and 5500s for one and two-socket servers and as AMD is preparing to launch its six-core “Istanbul” Opterons.…


