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Facebook VP Says Intel, AMD Don't Deliver Promised Performance Increase

Posted 06/30/09 at 05:29:53 PM  by Pulkit Chandna

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Jonathan Heiliger, vp of technical operations at Facebook, came down heavily on chip manufacturers Intel, AMD for making tall claims about server chips that eventually don’t live up to the hype. He was speaking at the Structure 09 conference in San Francisco.

"The performance gains they are touting in the press, we are not seeing in our applications. We are literally in real-time trying to figure out why that is and if there are optimizations that we can do. Otherwise, we are kind of left with current-generation technology and current-generation scale," he said during a Q&A session involving GigaOM’s founder Om Malik.

He said companies like Facebook and Amazon require their servers to be both power-efficient and affordable. Heiliger also commended Google for its server-designing prowess.

 Image Credit: Darren Mckeeman (Flickr)

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TAGS: amd, intel, server, cpu, Google, facebook, performance
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avatarHere is what Google's

Submitted by Nuxes on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 10:53pm

Here is what Google's servers look like, if anyone was wondering:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.html

Not exactly what you would expect from one of the largest tech companies in the world, but I guess the design is power effecient.

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avatarWhat other choices do they

Submitted by gatorXXX on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 4:24pm

What other choices do they have? It's either AMD or Intel. Take your pick. I still refuse to join facebook and twitter. Heck, I haven't even logged onto myspace since I got marrried almost 2 years ago.

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avatar what about MyFace and

Submitted by nekollx on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 4:39pm

 what about MyFace and SpaceBook? :P

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avatarLOL!!!

Submitted by gatorXXX on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 1:13am

LOL!!!

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avatarI can see it... "Hey, why do

Submitted by Mobius on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 5:35pm

I can see it now. 

Telling your friends, "Hey, why don't you come on MyFace"

I dont think I will join that one

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avatarROFL!! Man, i got tears

Submitted by gatorXXX on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 1:15am

ROFL!! Man, i got tears rolling down my face, my side hurts now...thanks!!

FACESPACE ??

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avatarclever, yet somewhat twisted

Submitted by johnny3144 on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 7:02pm

clever, yet somewhat twisted and wrong.

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avatarI am demented

Submitted by mls067 on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 3:22pm

I would love to run that farm!!

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avatar google could make a mint

Submitted by nekollx on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 3:03pm

 google could make a mint running a data center :P

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avatarYou just wouldnt be able to

Submitted by Digital-Storm on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 5:59pm

You just wouldnt be able to search for anything on google.

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avatarit's a tic-tac

Submitted by johnny3144 on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 7:03pm

you would totally be able to search about tic-tac

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