AMD confirms the 12-core Opterons recent shipping

25th February, 2010 by adina
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On February 23, 2010, John Fruehe, AMD’s Director of Product Marketing for Server/Workstation, has admitted that 12-core Opteron chips have started shipping. Magny-Cours, as the company calls its most advanced x86 processor, is officially called the Opteron 6100 Series; its production has started several weeks ago at a German factory. Fruehe has also said that OEM partners have received production chips since February. Despite this, it is yet unknown who exactly has received the chips.

Fruehe has also affirmed that AMD is not prepared yet to make an official announcement, but also confirmed the recent Internet leaks about the 45nm-based chips near availability. It seems that Magny-Cours will benefit from 8 or 12 cores, as well as from 4 memory channels. They will be officially released before the spring. Prices have not yet been established; despite this, the eBay seller is trying to sell four of the G34-socket Opteron chips for at least $7,700.

It is very possible that AMD uses many-core designs in order to compete the upcoming six-core Intel Xeons, which will threaten the existing quad-core Xeons.


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