All these facets of the 760MP hardware are supposed to make the parallel operation of processes, or tasks that much faster than in a traditional bus-based system. The comparison with Intel's 840 chipset and workstation solution is that AMD can claim 4.2 GB/s combined throughput from its dual Athlons interfacing to the 760MP, and Intel can claim 1.5 GB/s for dual PIIIs sharing the bus on the 840.

Even if the 760MP is a little more expensive than comparable chipsets from Intel, which I don't know yet, but I'm judging by the chipset design, the overall system cost, and benefits puts AMD firmly into competitive workstation territory. Also, the architecture of the dual CPU AMD box should perform better where memory loads are highest, graphics and scientific applications, and commercial applications.

The only issue is that this is an SMP system, and a small business server, although I am not quite sure what the small business server market affords AMD at this point. Either way, AMD will need more depth, and will have to scale up its multi-CPU offering before it gets the enterprise market excited. For the dualie, this is going to be one to watch. For Linux developers, it's going to be exciting. All in all, the fundamentals of the 760MP are good. Whether it will set the world on fire, and get the attention it deserves, I don't know. I guess we have to see a system first before we pass any further judgment. I think Linux lovers are going to like the 760MP a lot. Call it a hunch.