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Facebook, ARM, x86, and the future of the data center

2013-01-28 14:43:56| Extremetech

Last week, Facebook announced a new motherboard/daughtercard design it dubbed "Group Hug." Thanks to innovative work from the Open Compute Platform, the new daughtercard allows CPUs from ARM, Intel, or AMD to be plugged into a single motherboard. Contrary to what others have said, though, mobile SoCs will not remake the server world.

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