Tyan bangs drum on 4-way, 8-way Opteron front

Tyan bangs drum on 4-way, 8-way Opteron front

And what happens when the quad-core hits the streets next year?
While I hope nobody expects them to be drop-ins for dual-core CPUs, it will then allow mobo manufacturers to quickly lay out 8, 16 and 24-way boxen. Brilliant!