Thanks!<p>Initially and no doubt for 
a long time, 14 cores will
be plenty for my startup.<p>I&#x27;ve done my software development
on one core at 1.8 GHz.  
Going live, I&#x27;m considering
4 cores at about 3.2 GHz
or 8 cores at 4.0 GHz --
for total cost down in the
very low rent district.<p>Or, the month my startup
keeps 14 cores, or 8 cores,
or even 4 cores, busy will
be when I order a new, high
end Corvette and go shopping
for a really nice house!<p>My question was not really about
being &quot;fast enough&quot; but
just what the heck is the
cost per core per clock Hz?  E.g.,
$160 buys an 8 core AMD 
processor at 4.0 GHz, and
a high end Xeon costs
much, much more per
core per clock Hz.<p>I can see that an Intel
processor would save on
electrical power, but
at least initially that
will be, all other things
considered, small potatoes.