Microsoft to use heaps of AMD Opteron processorsHP machines....By INQUIRER staff: Thursday 03 February 2005, 09:07AMD SAID Microsoft will use X86 based 64-bit Opteron servers for its Technology Centres worldwide.According to AMD in a statement, Microsoft will use HP Proliant DL145 and DL585 servers in North America, Europe and Asia.Microsoft said: "With AMD64 technology in the MTC, our teams will have the ability to optimise customers' 32- and 64-bit .net applications on one platform."How many servers are involved? None of the parties would say. But if you see an advert from AMD mentioning all this, don't be in the slightest bit surprised to see them labelled: "More than mission critical: Vision critical".One advert we saw the other week had the headline: "When Microsoft invests sixty billion dollars, they don't just use any processor". But this may well be advertising hyperbole. µ
