Barcelona to launch on monday

[JAYDEEJOHN]

http://www.techpowerup.com/

 

[bonkers]

a week ago they told us that the first release would only be in the range of 2,1-2,3 ghz

now it is 2,66


totally confused

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

I saw it, I posted it, and I take it with a grain of salt

 

[m25]

If they managed 3.0G on 90nm K8, it was pretty logical to predict this, even because, just like Intel did, they need as much of a hype as possible on the first-impression release.
Though, judging by the way that in which it's written ... they say the 'L' in K8L stands for 'Low Power' :roll:

 

[Harrisson]

Cant wait, real bench. figures here we come

 

[BaronMatrix]

http://www.techpowerup.com/

I think this is talking about the demos with Barcelona and R600 that will happen at the GDC that starts Monday. Maybe they'll drop actual SPEC numbers.

 

[qcmadness]

I think there must be some confusion.
Barcelona is scheduled for Q2 launch.

 

[PSYCHoHoLiC]

dunno, it might actually happen monday.. they've already added it to their flash applet on the amd main website "Revolutionary Performance with an Evolutionary Design" "Quad Core Opteron Processors"

 

[Ranman68k]

But hey, it was the french company AXA who upped their stake in AMD to 10.6% by purchasing 25 million shares at about 35 bucks per share...
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/71906

8O 8O 8O

I would be scrambling for publicity too.

 

[jamiepotter]

I think there was something lost in translation. Darn French.

But hey, we already saw all the benches we need to see:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37907
http://www.boincstats.com/stats/host_cpu_stats.php?pr=sah&st=0&or=10

So I guess the timing is about right.... go ask Baron.



But hey, it was the french company AXA who upped their stake in AMD to 10.6% by purchasing 25 million shares at about 35 bucks per share...
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/71906

Sorry, I might be being a bit dim, but these 'benches' are total nonsense, right? what is all this 'credit' stuff anyway?

Also: another quick question. Do we know if current AM2 mobos will support Agena? I know Barcelona will use socket F, whatever that is, but what about the desktop variant?

 

[qcmadness]

Sorry, I might be being a bit dim, but these 'benches' are total nonsense, right? what is all this 'credit' stuff anyway?

Also: another quick question. Do we know if current AM2 mobos will support Agena? I know Barcelona will use socket F, whatever that is, but what about the desktop variant?

AMD stated that the current AM2 board will support the new architecture, but with some power-related functions disabled.

 

[qcmadness]

AMD stated that the current AM2 board will support the new architecture, but with some power-related functions disabled.

Barcelona = Socket F :?: :?:
I thought Barcelona = AM2/3

There will be single-core (Spica), dual-core (Kuma / Rana) and quad-core (Agena(FX)) versions.

 

[jamiepotter]

This is where I got the socket f thing from:

www.tgdaily.com/2007/02/11/amd_barcelona/

 

[jamiepotter]

Hmm... interesting. I'm starting to appreciate now why some people are recommending AMD because of a possible upgrade path. When you think that there's no guarantees whatsoever that current LGA775 boards will support Penryn, that strikes me as a good reason to think AMD might not be a bad option: something like the X2 5200 for now, then upgrade later.

 

[qcmadness]

Barcelona is a server part, it is socket F. Agena and the barcelona DT derivatives will be socket AM2, AM2+ and ultimately AM3.

I think the AM3 adoption will be in 2009.

 

[Ninjaz7]

I cant wait til all of you buy 1 and tell me the results are so I can find the perfect stepping,find out if its hype,crap or good,and buy it for a % of the cost you spent on it 6 months from now....hows that food for thought

 

[jamiepotter]

Well, it really isn't food for thought, is it? I'm pleased for you that you're taking a sensible approach, but that's about it!

 

[tamalero]

Sorry, I might be being a bit dim, but these 'benches' are total nonsense, right? what is all this 'credit' stuff anyway?

Also: another quick question. Do we know if current AM2 mobos will support Agena? I know Barcelona will use socket F, whatever that is, but what about the desktop variant?

AMD stated that the current AM2 board will support the new architecture, but with some power-related functions disabled.

Barcelona = Socket F :?: :?:
I thought Barcelona = AM2/3

just like there are opterons for AM2 and Socket 939 I bet there will be for AM2, for companies or corporations who dont need registered memory.
also remember the FX series are on socket F aka socket-dont-know-how-many-pins (but witouth registered memory) if Im correct..
anyone correct me if im wrong.

 

[eregular]

doesn't k10 need f+?

 

[BaronMatrix]

hmm, from what i can tell there, they are saying low power versions of the K8 wil be launched not k10.

also, i am pretty sure K8L was never meant to mean barcelona and that it was guy from the enquirer who got it mixed up and started the whole K8L=K10 stuff.

personally i think their is some crossed wires.

Again, he was correcting the name of Barcelona. There is supposed to be a Turion shrink which would drop that to about 12-15W but the thing Monday is a demo of a multicore game.

 

[tamalero]

doesn't k10 need f+?

compatible with currents socket f's, just with no advanced power now feactures nor hypertransport 3

 

[BaronMatrix]

So I guess the timing is about right.... go ask Baron.

Well, it's good to know you can't go a day without saying my name.

 

[jamiepotter]

Cheers JJ. I thought I was being dim, but I like to be sure!

 

[eregular]

maybe this is why the held off on r600 maybe they want to get the chips out there...and so ppl can run one on a server platform!? i mean isn't "octo fx" not due out for a while later this year? maybe they'll bump that up so kingpin can score 50k on 3dmark 06 sooner...

 

[jamiepotter]

That does make a lot of sense. Sneaky...