by Rafael Hernandez on July 3, 2009
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Processor launches are a funny thing. There’s a whole lot of hoopla over the high end chips with all manner of benchmarks and quotes on how their latest product will make things run faster, cooler, and improve your Crysis…
Read more AMD's "Suzuka" Opterons Demand Attention
by Rafael Hernandez on June 1, 2009
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AMD’s processors aren’t the type of performance champs you’ve come to expect, on the workstation and server front things tend to get a bit stranger.People in the market for new servers are looking beyond rendering speeds and are focusing…
Read more AMD Opteron 2435, 6 Cores of Virtualization Power
by Rafael Hernandez on April 22, 2009
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There’s something to be said about a new CPU that can perform faster than its predecessor all within the same thermal envelope and, thankfully, is capable of “socketing” into place so you can keep your old hardware.AMD’s upcoming 6-core “Istanbul”…
Read more AMD Istanbul Peformance Video, 6-Cores Are In Fact Speedy
by Rafael Hernandez on April 22, 2009
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AMD is setting itself up for a June launch of its next CPU. The chip code named “Istanbul” will fall into its Opteron lineup of workstation and server processors. Given its 6 core design and virtualization focused tweaks it’ll…
Read more AMD Istanbul Arrives In June, 6-Core CPU Fun