•The new chips will fit easily into computers designed for AMD's dual-core Opterons last year with only minimal modifications. That means computer makers won't have to invest heavily in new technical designs for Barcelona-based servers.
So this isn't part of an upgrade path, unless those "modifications" are software only. Not the end of the world, but worth noting.
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