Aus theinquirer: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/21/systemx_ibm/
"...IBM has done some spring cleaning with its x86 servers. It has rolled out a new brand for the servers, officially given Itanium the boot and welcomed Opteron to its core product line...
...IBM has not made room for Itanic with its new X3 chipset and will no longer sell any gear with Intel's 64-bit chip.
Despite the Xeon-only X3 investment, IBM has made room for Opteron in the System x line. Previously, IBM sold Opteron-based systems as kind of unbranded high performance computing boxes. "We will now move all x86 products shipping into the System x nomenclature," Bretzmann said.
IBM, however, remains reticent about committing to a broader Opteron line.
"We have made the investment in X3," Bretzmann said. "We have closed the gap between what you can buy from other vendors (in the way of Opteron) in a performance sense."
IBM remains in the camp that thinks the x86 SMP should do well in the coming years, particularly with improving virtualization software and maturing Linux and Windows OSes..."
IBM hat zwar viel Geld in X3 gesteckt (versenkt?), doch läßt Intel IBM langsam im Regen stehen: Woodcrest kommt erst mal nur für DP, für die MPs wird es auf nächste Zeit keine NGAs geben, sondern erst mal Ende des Jahres lediglich irgendwann Tulsa. Und bis dahin müsste IBM sogar noch mit den lächerlichen 3Ghz-Patzviel-Energiefressern auskommen, die dazu noch bis über 3000$ kosten sollen
Da hilft auch ein X3 nimmer viel
=> sieht ganz danach auch, dass Opteron zumindest im 4P (und aufwärts) weiter in Richtung 100% Marketshare geht.