Tag archive: Opteron

The industry has been talking about them for over a year, and AMD itself held up the launch briefly, but they're finally here: AMD is now shipping its first 16-core Opteron 6200 CPUs. Codenamed Interlagos, the 16-core units are aimed at the high-end server market, where density, multithreading, and processor efficiency matter most. But the technology puts pressure on other chipmakers like Intel to keep up, and raises the ante from… Read More

Chipmaker AMD today announced three new high-performance dual-core x86 Opteron processors aimed at servers and workstation, while taking a moment to wag its finger at rival chipmaker Intel for so far failing to accept AMD's offer of a public dual-core processor performance contest anytime in 2005. AMD's new Opteron 880 enables up to 8-way, 16-core enterprise class server applications, wile the Opteron model 280 is aimed at… Read More

From the press release: To enable OEMs and system builders to take advantage of the next generation of I/O technology, AMD also announced the AMD-8132 HyperTransport PCI-X 2.0 tunnel, scheduled to ship for servers and workstations this month. The latest addition to the AMD-8000 series of chipsets, the AMD-8132 tunnel brings high-performance PCI-X 2.0 connectivity to AMD Opteron processor-based systems with increased throughput, improved… Read More

The Opteron 148, 248, and 848 all run at 2.2 GHz, a 200-MHz increase over the clock speed of AMD's x46 line of Opterons, said Gina Longoria, an Opteron product manager. The Opteron 248 is available immediately, while the other two chips will ship in December, she said. The Opteron 148 costs $733, and the Opteron 248 costs $913, Longoria said. The Opteron 848 commands a much higher price of $3199, she said. All prices reflect the cost… Read More

The mid- and low-power AMD Opteron processors, to be available at 55 watts and 30 watts, are designed to provide customers with a wide variety of solutions, extending into the AMD Opteron 100-, 200-,and 800- series product lines. “AMD is once again entering new markets and offering additional choice to our customers,” said Marty Seyer, vice president and general manager of AMD's Microprocessor Business Unit. “AMD is… Read More

Both processors provide leading-edge 32-bit application performance while allowing businesses to transition to 64-bit applications as their needs require. The AMD Opteron processor Model 846 for 4- to 8-way-capable servers gives the compute- and memory-intensive applications used for large databases, business processing and decision support the power,performance and reliability sought by IT managers. The scalability of the AMD Opteron processor… Read More

Quote from the review at AMDmb.com: “In our short round of tests aimed at the desktop market, we saw that the Opteron 144 processor was doing well, but perhaps not what we were looking for quite yet. The memory scores on the synthetic benchmarks show the potential for the AMD64 architecture, especially in DDR400. While the results are positive, with the Opteron winning many of the benchmarks even at a speed of only 1.8 GHz,… Read More

The new AMD Opteron processors join the AMD Opteron processor 200 Series launched in April 2003. AMD Opteron processors are designed to enable an easy migration to 64-bit computing for enterprise andsmall and medium businesses as their needs require, while maintaining backward compatibility with 32-bit applications. Based on the industry-standard x86 instruction set, AMD Opteron processors offerincreased flexibility and scalability for… Read More