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Blizzard deploys massive infrastructure for smooth WoW: Forever launch

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Blizzard Entertainment utilized a massive infrastructure for the launch of World of Warcraft: Forever, employing 3,924 virtual machines with 70,480 CPU cores and 251 terabytes of RAM. This setup is credited with contributing to one of the smoothest launches in the game's history. The hardware investment significantly surpasses the infrastructure used for the game's 2009 launch, highlighting advancements in computing power and memory capacity. AI

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Blizzard deploys massive infrastructure for smooth WoW: Forever launch

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Zhiye Liu ·

    WoW: Forever launch used 70,480 CPU cores and 251 terabytes of RAM

    Inside the astonishing hardware behind World of Warcraft: Forever. 251TB of RAM and 70K cores kept millions of players online without a hitch.

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