Intel Wins Back Google’s Server Business
Intel inside again for new Google servers at News.com reports that Google has began purchasing Intel processors for their servers. Intel designed custom motherboards for Google, so that Google would use the hardware. Back when I was at Search Engine Watch, I reported on March 3, 2006 that Google switched to AMD from Intel, Google […]
Barry Schwartz on January 26, 2007 at 9:27 am | Reading time: 1 minute
Intel inside again for new Google servers at News.com reports that Google has began purchasing Intel processors for their servers. Intel designed custom motherboards for Google, so that Google would use the hardware. Back when I was at Search Engine Watch, I reported on March 3, 2006 that Google switched to AMD from Intel, Google did say that they would continue to buy from both AMD and Intel.
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