Istanbul

by Rafael Hernandez on July 3, 2009 · 0 comments

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…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 1, 2009 · 0 comments

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 · 0 comments

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 · 0 comments

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