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Six-Core Opterons Boost Cray's 'Jaguar' to First Place in Top 500 List

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

AMD Intros New Low-Power Six-Core Opteron EE Processors

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

AMD Plans 12-Core Server Chips for Q1 2011

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

AMD Updates 6-Core Lineup with Five New Processors

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

AMD Launches New Opteron Processor, 'Suzuka'

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

HP Rolls Out First Six-Core Opteron-Based Workstations

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

AMD Officially Debuts Istanbul, New Six-Core Opteron Processors

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

AMD's Upcoming Opterons to Be Announced Early Next Week

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

AMD Reportedly Plans Six-Core 'Istanbul' for Later This Week

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

AMD's Six-Core Istanbul Processors Slated for May Release

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

AMD Updates Opteron Series with Low-Power EE Processors

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

AMD Launches the Opteron Upgrade Program

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

Low-Power Opterons Better Than Xeons in Nelson Test

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

Video: AMD Demos Working 6-Core 'Istanbul' Processors

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

AMD Showcases Its Next-Gen Six-Core Opterons

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

AMD to Update Server Processors with New Shanghai Opterons

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

AMD Inside 7 of the Top 10 Supercomputers

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

Nanya Unveils DDR2 RDIMMs for AMD Opteron CPUs

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

AMD Back in the Game, Shanghai Helps

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

Dell Adds PowerEdge Servers Based on AMD's New Opterons

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

Shanghai Tested: Both Performance and Power Enhancements Spotted

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

AMD Starts Shipping the 45nm Shanghai Today

Advanced Micro Devices announced quite a while ago the release of a new server microprocessor, code-named Shanghai; it has officially introduced it today. The chip is manufactured using the 45 nanometer process technology and is said to be able to deliver improved performance and energy savings. According to the Sunn...

13 November 2008
03:55 GMT

AMD Shanghai 45nm CPU Comes on the 13th

As many of you probably already know, Advanced Micro Devices plans to release its latest server microprocessor, code-named Shanghai, in just a few days, on November 13th, to be more precise. The new chip is a Quad core Opteron, manufactured using the 45nm process technology, and expected to come with a clock running ...

11 November 2008
06:24 GMT

Leaked: AMD's Vision on Shanghai

Advanced Micro Devices is getting ready to launch its newest 45nm server processor code-named Shanghai. The chip is expected to hit the market in less than two weeks, and the company already stated that all is going according to plans. This means that we'll soon be able to put our hands on the most powerful serv...

4 November 2008
05:20 GMT

AMD's Shanghai Chip Spotted at Retailers

Advanced Micro Devices' Shanghai quad-core Opteron processor, the first 45 nanometer chip manufactured by the company, is already listed at retailers. The new chip is meant to replace AMD's well known Barcelona processor. The quad-core Shanghai CPU Comes with a range of improvements over the previous genera...

31 October 2008
05:38 GMT

Noctua Improves Server Cooling with Four New CPU Coolers

Although most users are now anxiously waiting for the release of Intel's next-generation Nehalem-based Core i7 processors, Noctua, a designer of cooling products for computer hardware components, has just announced the introduction of four new CPU coolers specifically designed to meet the requirements of Intel&#...

26 September 2008
04:20 GMT

Quad-Core AMD Opteron Power for Dell's Latest PowerEdge Systems

We all know that there's an intense rivalry between the Sunnyvale, California-based chip marker AMD and competitor Intel. What this means is that either of these companies will probably stop at nothing in order to prove the supremacy of its products over those of its competitor. Recently, we've seen both A...

11 September 2008
08:25 GMT

ASUS Intros New AMD Ready Serverboard

Aside from delivering some of the most successful netbooks on the market, Taiwanese manufacturer ASUSTek is also known for developing some of the best platforms for both consumer and professional market segments. The company, which has seen its share of favorable reviews with products such as the Striker and Rampage...

10 September 2008
10:54 GMT

AMD Teams Up with Microsoft for Better Virtualization

Today, Advanced Micro has announced a new virtualization solution designed to take advantage of technologies from both AMD and Microsoft. The new solution combines AMD's Opteron processors with the company's virtualization (AMD-V) technology, together with Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, in or...

8 September 2008
10:50 GMT

8-Core IBM Power7 with Opteron Soket Compatibility

IBM is determined to go aggressive on the microprocessor market and it prepares a strong weapon for the action, a 45nm octo-core giant, called Power7. This little monster looks like a highly capable device, offering up to 256 GigaFlops of performance; it is rumored to be delivered on the market featuring a clock spee...

14 July 2008
04:11 GMT

AMD Brings More Power to Its Opterons Lineup

Although AMD has a lot of ground to recover in the high-end and high-performance consumer market, the company still holds a strong position in the energy-efficient processor market. To be more exact, its Opterons account for a high number of server systems, as they provide the necessary performance with a minimum of ...

9 June 2008
10:42 GMT

Sun Adds AMD Chips to Its Quad-Core Server Offering

Server manufacturer Sun Microsystems has just announced the availability of new server systems equipped with Advanced Micro Devices' quad-core Barcelona chips. The AMD-based servers are the result of a long collaboration between the two manufacturers and aim at giving a cost-effective alternative to the Intel-po...

14 May 2008
06:46 GMT

AMD Goes Greener with New Energy-Efficient Quad-Core Opteron Lineup

AMD might have lost the race with Intel in terms of processor performance and core count, but it still rules on the energy-efficient CPU market. The company has just unveiled a new highly-efficient quad-core Opteron line-up, primarily targeted at data center and corporate servers. According to the company, the new CP...

12 May 2008
05:46 GMT

Another AMD Executive Flees Away From the Sinking Boat

AMD has lost yet another key executive, as Stephen DiFranco, the company's corporate vice president of consumer sales and marketing resigned. The chip manufacturer silently announced its departure from the company, and it is alleged that DiFranco was rushed out on the back door mostly because of the company'...

23 April 2008
03:47 GMT

Dell: Back In Business With Four Opteron Server Configurations

Computer manufacturer Dell has just added four new Barcelona-powered offerings to its server portfolio. The new servers are part of the PowerEdge SC1435 family, built around AMD's quad-core Opteron chips in the B3 silicon stepping. The company's new products include four different Opteron 2300 series proces...

16 April 2008
07:00 GMT

AMD's Supercomputers Shape Formula 1 Cars

High-power computing solutions provider Appro announced that it has started deploying a new supercomputer at Renault's formula 1 headquarters in Enstone. According to the company, the new supercomputer will be exclusively built with AMD's Barcelona server processors with the B3 silicon revision.Although For...

12 April 2008
06:01 GMT

AMD Sees Eight-Core Processors Coming in 2009

Advanced Micro Devices has just unveiled its new series of quad-core server chips, and rumors about eight-core processors have already started to pop up. According to Randy Allen, corporate vice president of server and workstation division at AMD, the eight-core chips are slated to arrive in 2009.Before the wight-cor...

9 April 2008
18:06 GMT

AMD's Barcelona Chips Hit the Shelves in Eight Distinct Models

Chip manufacturer Advanced micro Devices has just announced public availability of its Barcelona quad-core server processors. The chips have finally arrived at the local retailers, after six months of continual delays because of the crippling TLB erratum bug affecting its silicon."We're off to the races now, and...

9 April 2008
08:26 GMT

AMD Confirms Tri-Core Phenom Processors Roll-Out

Chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices has started shipments of tri-core processors in the Phenom family. According to company officials, the first to get the new chips are, as previously reported, system integrators and AMD's OEM partners. The first products in the Toliman family are low-end processors with f...

14 March 2008
11:28 GMT

The B3-Stepping Opterons Are Now Available

AMD has just started shipping Opteron and Phenom processors in the long-awaited B3 silicon revision. After more than five months of continuous delays, the chip manufacturer has started shipping the first B3 processors to system integrators and its OEM partners.The B3 silicon revision of the Opteron family can be easi...

13 March 2008
05:10 GMT

CeBIT 2008: AMD Introduces 45-Nanometer Chips

Chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices has introduced its 45-nanometer Opteron chips with Shanghai core and the 45 Phenoms in the Deneb core family at yesterday's public conference. The company is still far from releasing the chips for mass-availability, yet this is a proof that AMD is still in track with the ...

5 March 2008
08:16 GMT

World's Second Most Powerful Supercomputer to Untangle the Mysteries of Universe

University of Texas recently unveiled Ranger, world's second most powerful supercomputer. The high-performance computing cluster was built by Sun and is comprised of 15,744 quad-core AMD Opteron processors for a total of 62,976 cores, 123 terabytes of memory and 1.7 petabytes of storage.According to David Rich, ...

25 February 2008
03:16 GMT

AMD's Tolimans to Arrive This Week

Chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices will introduce its newest tri-core processors in the Toliman family later this week. The first PC vendors to grab the units are, of course, Hewlett-Packard and Dell. Dell has already announced a new series of low-end computers based on AMD's Tolimans, while HP will introd...

19 February 2008
03:14 GMT

The Kyoto University Has Ordered an AMD-Based Supercomputer

The Japanese University of Kyoto has just placed an order for an AMD Opteron-based supercomputer. The machine will be built using 416 HX600 high-performance computers built by Fujitsu. Each computer is powered by four quad-core Opteron processors, which means that the cluster totals 1,664 processors and 6,656 Opteron...

16 February 2008
07:02 GMT

Montalvo Cooks Opteron and Cell Hybrid Processor, Takes Intel Down

Montalvo Systems is secretly designing a new breed of energy-efficient multicore processor. The company has finished the design of a chip aimed at mobile computing. When it gets finished, it will be compatible with all the x86 software that can run on both AMD and Intel chips.Despite the software compatibility, the c...

15 February 2008
03:38 GMT

AMD's Storage Systems Continue to Sell Well

AMD has just announced that its storage systems product line continues to face strong demands on the market. The 20 storage systems that bear AMD's brand are built on the company's Direct Connect Architecture. The latest addition to the series is the Sun Microsystems StorageTek™ 5800 "Honeycomb" system.The ...

23 January 2008
09:14 GMT

Xeons vs. Opterons: the Benchmark Clash

The eternal confrontation between Intel's and AMD's processors has been sanctioned by an independent benchmark lab situated in the outskirts of Chicago. The object of attention was the CPU manufacturers' server line of processors, namely Intel's Xeons and AMD's Opterons. The lab's manage...

15 January 2008
05:34 GMT

AMD to Spread Barcelona Misery Equally to All Partners

Earlier this month, AMD has stopped all the shipments of quad-core Opteron processors due to a product glitch. The company has issued a workaround that heavily affects the system performance, but, at least, gave it the opportunity of delivering "tens of thousands" of processors to HPC builders and to some other selec...

20 December 2007
02:46 GMT

Dirk Meyer and AMD's Achievements List

The achievements AMD has been enjoying in the last year have been shaded by the launch and delivery pit stop because of their quad-core lines. These issues prevent AMD from keeping their promise to their customers and force the company to delay the shipment of several products until the first quarter of 2008. The mos...

13 December 2007
10:38 GMT

The Iranian Illegal Supercomputer, Missing in Action

Not long ago, I have talked about the Iranian High Performance Computing Research Center (IHPCRC) having built an AMD Opteron based supercomputer. Having a high performance computer may not look like a criminal act, but, when applied to this specific country, it conflicts with U.S. antiterrorism trade restrictions th...

12 December 2007
04:15 GMT


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