Yesterday, Intel decided to formally introduce the Atom series Centerton , for use in the microserver segment. As always, the attentive audience found something to complain about in this announcement. First, only one of the presented processor has a TDP less than 6W. Accordingly, the cost of $ 54 is characteristic only of the younger processor, which has a TDP just over 8W. Finally, the current Atom processors for server applications are not released in the most advanced 22-nm technology,until next year.
AMD representatives considered it appropriate to accuse Intel of double standards used in the expansion cost of Atom processor in server market.
Moreover, according to AMD, Intel claimed that segment of microserver will not increase beyond 10% of the market. Its processors Centerton is clearly aiming at a more impressive sales. AMD itself in this area is going to work with ARM .