AMD has announced the shipments of the x86 “Bulldozer” architecture... unfortunately for the masses, it is the Opteron server based processors and not the Zambezi (FX Series) desktop processors.
AMD announced that the initial production of the world’s first 16-core x86 processor, codenamed “Interlagos” (Opteron Series) began in August, with shipments now underway to customers (OEM customers). The Opteron is compatible with existing AMD Opteron 6100 Series platforms and will be available to partner systems by Q4 this year. The Opteron processors are built on 32nm process technology, utilizing either 8, 12, or 16 cores (model dependent), quad-channel DDR3 memory controller, up to 16MB of L3 cache, and four HyperTransport links.
“This is a monumental moment for the industry as this first ‘Bulldozer’ core represents the beginning of unprecedented performance scaling for x86 CPUs,” said Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, AMD Products Group. "The flexible new ‘Bulldozer’ architecture will give Web and datacenter customers the scalability they need to handle emerging cloud and virtualization workloads.”
Read more at AMD's Server Platforms
Still waiting eagerly for the Zambezi, AMD please release the i7 exterminators.
It will be good if they are at least able to compete with SNBs, but unfortunately Q1-12 will also see the launch of IVBs which would mean that AMD will again be behind Intel by at least a one full cycle.
I really hope so, but I have my doubts..
All processors are in fact still built on the x86 architecture, so in reality, there is no such thing as x64, although it's a widely used term.
The correct way to write it would be x86-32 and x86-64.
Having said that though, I'd rather they bring out a perfect product from the get-go rather than a half baked one which will actually do them more harm than good especially at this stage.
Nobody buys AMD to compete with Intel. They buy it for...
1. Value for money.
2. Principle- Anti-monopoly.
Of course, the unlocked cores never hurt. But of course now, even that is a non-issue.
Still waiting eagerly for the Zambezi, AMD please release the i7 exterminators.
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