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Introduced by AMD just three months ago, the company’s Opteron 6200-series "Interlagos" CPU range will soon receive the addition of six new processors with slightly better specs than their predecessors. According to CPU-World, the new models will feature 200MHz higher clock and Turbo Core frequencies at the sa... |
10 February 2012
19:01 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices has announced a decision to change its roadmap for server processing units, though it did not give a specific reason for this.
The update plans do away with certain chips and, one might say, slows down the rate at which new Opterons get to the selling stage.
One change is that the existing s... |
3 February 2012
02:31 GMT |
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Inphi Corporation has just announced that AMD's Opteron 6200 series of processors is ready to use its load-reduced dual-inline memory modules (LRDIMMs) featuring Inphi's Isolation Memory Buffer (iMB).
Of course, it would be much more accurate to say that Inphi's memory is finally ready to work in ser... |
31 January 2012
09:44 GMT |
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Consumers may have been miffed by Bulldozer's failure to live up to its hype, but the people on the server market have a much higher opinion of the CPUs, apparently.
It appears that the “Bulldozer” architecture is definitely not unloved on the server market, even if its consumer-oriented incarnatio... |
23 January 2012
05:55 GMT |
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Dell's PowerEdge series of servers just got their latest and greatest series member, one that is, in great detail, described as much better than the competing solutions from HP and IBM
Dell says, in its announcement, that the PowerEdge C6145 gets its might from the AMD Opteron 6200 series of high-tier processo... |
23 November 2011
09:11 GMT |
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Red Hat proudly announced that the upcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 operating system will fully support the power saving features of the AMD Bulldozer Opteron CPUs.It is now official that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 will have full support for the power savings features in AMD's Bulldozer Opteron processors... |
15 November 2011
20:01 GMT |
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Since NVIDIA got to brag more than once about its presence on the supercomputing front, AMD decided to do something similar, even getting its chips adopted by the same HPC project as the one NVIDIA spoke about.
In this case, though, the two companies don't find themselves on opposing sides.
Though they both ... |
15 November 2011
02:43 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices completed its newest set of x86 processors for the enterprise market, the Opteron 4200 series (previously codenamed Valencia) and Opteron 6200 (formerly Interlagos).
The chips have between 4 cores and 16 cores and can each handle up to 12 DIMM memory slots (even ultra-low voltage 1.25V), whic... |
14 November 2011
02:41 GMT |
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AMD may have a full range of server processors, but they aren't going to sell themselves, not well enough anyway, so it established a new collaborative effort for their promotion.
Then again, the AMD Ready Solutions for servers is as much a promotion plan for the Opteron 6200 series of chips as it is for the m... |
9 November 2011
09:05 GMT |
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AMD may have hoped to succeed in launching the Bulldozer during the third quarter of 2011, but even with the formal release of the Interlagos, the Bulldozer is still not coming out in time.
When Advanced Micro Devices issued a certain press release yesterday, part of the consumer base no doubt rejoiced.
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8 September 2011
09:55 GMT |
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Suppositions regarding the launch date of AMD's Bullodzer processors seem to never reach an end, a new report making its way on the Web suggesting the Sunnyvale-based company will introduce the first Opteron chips based on this architecture on September 26.This latest news comes via the PCMag publication, which ... |
4 August 2011
11:15 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices may have managed to snatch some of Intel's CPU market share during the last financial quarter, but it looks like not everything in its camp is going well, now that the latest demonstration of the next-generation AMD Opteron chip was carried out.The range of Fusion APUs for personal comput... |
4 August 2011
02:35 GMT |
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AMD will continue the assault on the server market after the release of the upcoming Valencia and Interlagos processors with the introduction of new chips that will feature as much as 20 computing cores and support for the PCI Express 3.0 standard.
Just as today's AMD server processors, the upcoming Opteron c... |
2 August 2011
16:41 GMT |
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High-performance computer builder MEGWARE has just announced that it has been commissioned to build the world's first AMD Opteron cluster based on the ColdCon cooling concept, which can reuse some of the waste heat produced by the system for the heating and cooling of rooms and buildings.The computer will be ins... |
26 July 2011
06:09 GMT |
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AMD's next-generation Opteron server processors, that are based on the Bulldozer architecture, will feature an user adjustable maximum TDP (thermal design power), which will enable clients to set the power consumption of the CPU according to their specific needs.
Current Opteron processors rely on turning off... |
30 June 2011
15:31 GMT |
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At this year's International Supercomputing Conference, AMD has showcased a working version of its upcoming Interlagos server processor based on the Bulldozer architecture, marking the first public demonstration of such a chip.The machine used for this demo was based on a Supermicro 1U dual socket server which p... |
22 June 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Even though rumors regarding Intel's intentions to buy Nvidia have been circulating around the Web for a few years now, AMD believes it doesn't have anything to worry about as such a thing will never become reality.
In an interview with The Inquirer, Leslie Sobon, VP of product and platform marketing at ... |
17 June 2011
16:41 GMT |
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Even though AMD had to delay the launch of its desktop Zambezi FX-Series processors based on the Bulldozer architecture until September, the company is still on-track to ship the sixteen-core Interlagos server CPU in the third quarter of the year.This news was made public by Phil Huges, an AMD spokesman, on Thursday.... |
3 June 2011
02:51 GMT |
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Gateway has just announced a new series of servers built using AMD's recently released Opteron 6100 series of processors that are designed to meet the demands of SMBs, enterprises and public sector environments looking for balanced systems capable of delivering good performances and improved energy efficiency.
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16 March 2011
11:02 GMT |
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AMD has just announced the official availability of five new octo-core and 12-core Opteron processors based on the Magny-Cours architecture, including the company's new flagship server CPU, the 6180 SE. All the processors were announced in the fourth quarter of 2010, and use the G34 socket.Starting from top to b... |
14 February 2011
05:11 GMT |
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It seems like AMD's server branch had a really good year in 2010, as both the Opteron 6100 processors series and the Dell PowerEdge R815 server, which is based on this CPU family, were crowned for their performance by two prestigious media publications.
In a post on his official work blog, AMD's Director... |
14 January 2011
04:18 GMT |
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Shortly after Intel Atom processors were launched some theorized about this chip being used for low-power cloud based servers, some companies even developing blade systems that were built on Atom CPUs, the same thing happening with AMD's Bobcat core right now.This issues was addressed by John Fruehe, the Directo... |
30 November 2010
08:09 GMT |
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Even despite seemingly differing opinions on the subject, Advanced Micro Devices seems to think that buyers of central processors actually do prefer to see more cores in their systems, at least as far as the Opteron series of CPUs is concerned.Some time ago, AMD released not just 8-core, but also 12-core server micr... |
22 September 2010
09:33 GMT |
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Over the past months, IT news has mostly centered around the new CPU and GPU that Intel, AMD and NVIDIA rushed to bring out. This means that the developments on the HPC (high-performance computing) didn't get as much attention as they otherwise would have. Fortunately, with the June PC release spree over, superc... |
6 July 2010
09:29 GMT |
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The FireStream cards may be the latest big thing that Advanced Micro Devices has to provide the HPC market with, but they aren't the only one. In fact, AMD has just come out and dropped another bomb the likes of which have not been seen since the same CPU and GPU maker rolled out the Magny-Cours processors. To b... |
23 June 2010
06:49 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices recently made the official introduction of its eight-core and 12-core server processors, known as the Opteron 6000 series or Magny-Cours, and now it seems that mothebroard makers are finally nearing the completion of their respective G34 platforms. Gigabyte is one of the first to offer one such... |
7 April 2010
06:49 GMT |
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The race for the fastest processor on the market has long been focused on increments of the processor core count, rather than enhancement of the processor speed. On that note, today, Sunnyvale California-based Advanced Micro Devices launched its latest series of Opteron processors, codenamed Magny Cours. The introduc... |
29 March 2010
12:09 GMT |
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When approaching the server market, Intel and Advanced Micro Devices have taken somewhat different approaches. Intel's chips focus on better performance with less cores, whereas AMD makes a point of adding more cores in order to provide greater server scalability. Intel's Xeon 5600 server chips only recent... |
17 March 2010
11:10 GMT |
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AMD technology has been used in the movie industry for quite some time. Most recently, Robert Rodriguez, studio head, director, cinematographer and special-effect supervisor of Troublemaker Studios (quoted below) used AMD products (Six-Core AMD Opteron processors and ATI FirePro graphics accelerators) in the developm... |
25 November 2009
09:55 GMT |
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Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices, the world's second largest vendor of computer processors, has managed to claim the number-one spot in recently updated Top 500 list of the world's most power supercomputers, with its recently introduced Six-Core Opteron processors, codenamed Istanbul. Th... |
16 November 2009
04:39 GMT |
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Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has announced today the expansion of its Opteron line of server and workstation processors with the introduction of the new six-core AMD Opteron EE chips, boasting a 40W ACP. According to the world's second largest vendor of computer processors, the new CPUs hav... |
31 August 2009
02:34 GMT |
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Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices, the world's second largest processor vendor, has recently confirmed that it plans to launch its next-generation Opteron processors, featuring a 12-core design, in the first quarter of 2010. The launch of the new chips has been confirmed by one of the company�... |
25 August 2009
06:05 GMT |
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Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has just announced a number of new processors, coming to complete its latest line of six-core Opteron chips, formerly codenamed Istanbul. These new models have been designed to provide customers with a choice for a high-performance processor that can also improve the... |
13 July 2009
02:43 GMT |
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Sunnyvale-based chip maker Advanced Micro Devices came to the market with a new line of Opteron chips, shortly following the release of the six-core Opteron processor codenamed “Istanbul.” The new silicon solution, John Fruehe, director of Business Development for Server/Workstation products at AMD, says,... |
3 July 2009
07:03 GMT |
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Earlier this month, Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices officially took the wraps off its highly anticipated, next-generation six-core Opteron 2400 series of processors, codenamed Istanbul. Designed to deliver increased performance and energy efficiency, the new Opterons were featured with a couple of ... |
1 July 2009
08:58 GMT |
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As anticipated, Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has officially taken the wraps off its next-generation Opteron server processors, announcing the availability of the world's first 6-core CPUs for server systems. Codenamed Istanbul, the new processors will provide customers with Direct Connect ... |
2 June 2009
02:48 GMT |
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Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices is currently planning the release of its much anticipated six-core Opteron processors, codenamed Istanbul. Set to become an upgrade option for today's Opteron-based server systems, the Istanbul chip will be officially introduced next week, prior to the debut of ... |
29 May 2009
05:16 GMT |
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Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices is expected to update its series of Opteron processors with the introduction of the first 6-core chips for server systems. According to a recent report, the chip maker is planning the release of 'Istanbul' for later this week, which will allow it to gain mo... |
26 May 2009
03:09 GMT |
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Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices will reportedly launch its highly anticipated six-core microprocessors next month, in an attempt to boost profitability and better compete with the latest offering from its main competitor, Intel. The new releases will be part of the chip maker's business-class ... |
22 April 2009
06:38 GMT |
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Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has announced today the expansion of its business-class Opteron processor family with the introduction of its new Quad-Core Opteron EE processors, designed on a low-power 45nm manufacturing technology. Said to be capable of delivering the same performance as the comp... |
22 April 2009
03:18 GMT |
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Sunnyvale, California-based AMD has announced today that it has launched a new program that will allow its business customers and partners to easily upgrade their Opteron-based systems to the company's latest processor solutions, without them being required to buy an entire new system. The globally available AMD... |
7 April 2009
06:20 GMT |
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According to a recent announcement, AMD's new low-power Opteron processors, codenamed “Shanghai HE,” use 13 to 21 percent less power than similar solutions provided by Intel through its Xeon processors, while delivering a batter throughput. The reported results have been provided after extensive test... |
20 March 2009
03:47 GMT |
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Santa Clara, California-based AMD has just announced that it has completed its live public demonstrations of the upcoming six-core processors that will be part of the company's server lineup. Codenamed Istanbul, the new processors are based on AMD's 45nm process technology and will be coming out in the seco... |
25 February 2009
09:52 GMT |
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After Intel had its time in the spotlight, earlier this month, announcing its plans to accelerate the adoption of the 32nm process technology, it appears that time has come for AMD to take the stage and showcase some of its upcoming products, thus keeping an open interest in the upcoming products of the Sunnyvale, Ca... |
20 February 2009
09:16 GMT |
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Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices is expected to unveil a series of new processors, designed to provide the company's professional users with an alternative low-voltage and high-clock speed server solution. The new chips will be part of AMD's Opteron family of server CPUs and are based on t... |
26 January 2009
03:03 GMT |
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The newly released 32nd TOP500 supercomputers list also makes the world's second largest chip manufacturer, Advanced Micro Devices, proud of the capabilities of its technology. To be more precise, seven of the Top 10 fastest supercomputer systems in the world are powered by AMD Opteron processors, including the ... |
17 November 2008
04:31 GMT |
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Nanya Technology Corporation, a world leading DRAM manufacturer, announced today that it had started shipping its 800MHz DDR2 registered dual in-line memory module (RDIMM), specifically designed for the newly launched Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors. The new memory modules are aimed at optimizing performance on high... |
17 November 2008
03:07 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices released its latest server chip, code-named Shanghai, two days ago, and reviews and testing results emerged to the web the very same day. Since the chip proved to rise to the expectations, analysts already say that AMD has good chances to give Intel something to worry about. AMD's new quad... |
15 November 2008
03:54 GMT |
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Round Rock, Texas-based Dell has recently announced the introduction of eight new tower, blade and rack-mount PowerEdge servers, designed to take advantage of the just introduced quad-core Opteron processors, designed by AMD. The new PowerEdge servers and blades build on AMD's 45nm-based quad-core Opterons, code... |
14 November 2008
11:36 GMT |
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We've mentioned this morning that today is the big day for AMD's Shanghai server chip, and we return to the product now to announce the first benchmark test results. As said before, Advanced Micro Devices launched nine flavors of the new chip, all in the 75W area. The already announced new features and tech... |
13 November 2008
11:42 GMT |
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