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Intel strikes Xeon deal with Facebook

From social networking to public relations

By Aharon Etengoff

Fri Aug 01 2008, 08:49

INTEL PROUDLY announced that it has sold some Xeon processors to social notworking site Facebook.

Facebook is deploying "thousands" of Intel Xeon (5400) processor-based servers in its datacentre over the next year.

Intel said the social-networking site tested and benchmarked a number of server platforms before ultimately deciding on the Xeon 5400.

Kirk Skaugen, vice president and general manager of Intel's Server Platforms Group, explained that Xeon processors will undoubtedly “play a critical role in achieving infrastructure efficiency”.

He didn't say how much Facebook paid for the processors or whether Intel simply gave them away in order to secure a PR coup and get us to write this story. µ

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Intel chime

If facebook starts playing the Intel chime I may need to change my ring tone to something else

posted by : Alex, 01 August 2008 Complain about this comment

Ha!

Gave them away of course. Probably with the stipulation that whenever someone goes to www.facebook.com, it plays the ghey intel jingle.

posted by : Nick, 01 August 2008 Complain about this comment

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