"IBM and Sun Microsystems Inc. are turning once again to Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s Opteron processors to add to the breadth of their offerings in ways that Intel Corp. chips do not yet offer. IBM this week will roll out a two-processor workstation powered by the Opteron and is considering releasing a four-processor workstation next year. Sun, which last month unveiled its first Opteron-based system, is likely to bring the 64-bit processor into its line of Netra rack-optimized and blade servers targeted at the telecommunications industry."
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