Intel CTO plugs AMD motherboard

This is just too funny. Intel is offering unintentional complements for AMD’s motherboards. Seems pretty bizarre. Regardless, I think that we have all done it. After all, flattery can happen at the strangest times.

When Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner gave the opening speech at the Intel Developer Forum last week, it’s likely he didn’t mean to offer a flattering image of a motherboard filled with AMD chips.

His presentation included a slide featuring a four-processor server motherboard, and sharp eyes at the Inquirer observed that it looked like a design using Advanced Micro Devices technology.

Indeed, the motherboard is identical down to capacitors and PCI buses with one quad-Opteron board from Tyan.

Intel removed the presentation, which conspicuously labeled the rival product with the words “energy efficiency,” from its Web site. Source: News.com

[tags]intel cto,amd’s motherboards,quad-opteron board,capacitors,pci buses[/tags]