AMD vs. INTEL

dear folks,

A few days ago I heard from microsoft’s consultant a great disavantatge between Intel and AMD 64-bit processors when you manage sql25k and obviously other server applications.

He stated that AMD could reach the hightest point around 1TB of RAM otherwise Intel only 64 Gb. AMD have a unique bus for all the processors (40 bit) whereas Intel architecture works in star (34 bit)

Is it true?

TIA

http://www.sqlmag.com/Article/ArticleID/50365/A_Tale_of_Two_Architectures.html|||

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