In comparison....
The Intel boys must be feeling quite smug what with AMD turning in a worse Q2 (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/09/amd_q2_2012_numbers_preliminary/).
Intel was expected to start rolling out its "Sandy Bridge" Xeon E5 processors last fall, perhaps around September and then by the end of the year. And it is a good thing for Intel that this didn't happen. In the second quarter ended in June, Intel's Data Center Group – which includes processors, chipsets, motherboards, and …