Re: TCO on the server is great and all, but where's the workstation?
You really can't do that anymore. The hardware may be of the same class, but the similarities end there. Many server innovations in the Intel/AMD architecture have been kept in the servers because they're the only machines that can really make use of them. The article notes various high-speed buses in use that aren't going to be on the desktop anytime soon. Server-class GPUs that are tuned differently from even gamer-class GPUs. Multi-core multi-socket setups. Specialized memory sticks to handle things like buffering or power-failure-tolerance.
It's practically comparing a graphics artist to a construction worker. They may both be human, but their skill sets are entirely different.
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