Google opts for Opteron

Google is tipped to rebuild its huge server farm with AMD Opteron machines.

The news can only come as a double blow to Intel: not only does Intel CEO Paul Otellini sit on the board at Google, but Otellini has also seen Intel’s profits fall in three straight quarters.

Key to Google’s decision is AMD’s performance per watt advantage with its chipsets, which can offer very real savings in power consumption bills.

As Google’s server farm is believed to run into 200,000 machines, it represents a very serious market coup for AMD.

It will also likely send an important signal to both markets and consumers - that AMD machines are simply better than Intel machines by comparison.

As someone who once enjoyed using a AMD PC, but inadvertently replaced it with a hugely noisy Intel PC, I can only feel some degree of pity for Apple users - who are all being forced to move to Intel chipsets.

In the meantime, continue to enjoy Platinax - hosted on a dedicated AMD Dual Opteron server. :)