Author: K. Burcham
Date: 21:53:56 01/02/05
I am looking forward to benchtests on these AMD processors in smp with dual cores in the 2500 mhz to 3000 mhz range. With 5000 mhz to 6000 mhz AMD, and each processor having dual cores, running a Chess program should be very interesting. I hope when these are released they dont have issues like Intel did with the Hyper-Threading. Maybe I will build another pc in 2005 if these AMD dual-cores are not priced too high. kburcham ["Taiwan server makers quick to test new dual-core Opteron samples John McClure, DigiTimes.com, Taipei [Friday 31 December 2004] Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has started sampling its dual-core Opteron to PC OEMs in Taiwan, according to sources at the makers. When contacted about the samples, several makers, including Tyan, stated they had received samples but refused to comment further. Sources close to Tyan revealed that the motherboard and server maker had already tested the dual-core Opteron in combination with Nvidia’s Nforce4 professional chipset for workstations and servers, and it has passed all preliminary tests for a single-CPU configuration. However, they have yet to test the dual-core CPU in a multi-processing system, the sources said. The Opteron part that Tyan is currently testing is in the 940-pin configuration, said the sources, adding that AMD will also have a 939-pin version of the Opteron for workstations and entry-level servers. AMD’s latest addition to its Opteron family runs a little hotter than its predecessors, with its power consumption at around 95W, said the sources. Tyan’s OEM customers are increasingly building solutions based around the Opteron processor from AMD, said the sources. Sources at the makers believe that AMD plans to launch the dual-core Opteron sometime in the second quarter, and very likely before Computex."]
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