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AMD Goes Energy Friendly With Their Six-Core Opterons

July 13th, 2009 by Rafael Hernandez No comments

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The general rule of thumb has been that the more cores you add to a processor the more energy it will use up, just don’t clue AMD in on that fact.

The company has released a batch of four new Six-core Opterons designed for 2, 4, and 8 processor machines. The AMD Opteron 8425 HE (2.1GHz, 4-8 way capable), 2439 HE, 2425 HE, and 2423 HE (2.8GHz, 2.1GHz, 2.0GHz, 2 CPU system capable)  promises up to 18% better performance-per-watt compared to their older quad-core chips which would make it a natural choice for an upgrade, should your current servers support it of course, or flat out new server purchases.

I don’t know about you but lower heat output, lower cooling costs, the obvious virtualization benefits, and improved performance make this series of chips a winner.

Categories: Processors

AMD's "Suzuka" Opterons Demand Attention

July 3rd, 2009 by Rafael Hernandez No comments

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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 framerate all at a low low price. That is of course if your chip is even noticed at all.

AMD launched their “Suzuka” (codename) based quad-core Opterons at around the same time they released their “Istanbul” six-core CPU…you can guess which one got the bulk of the press. The good news is that their latest chip does provide a performance boost while requiring less power to operate.

Here’s hoping they’ll announce that they’ve launched a different chip with some valid merits on a different day in the future.

Source: AMD

Categories: Processors