AMD opteron Shanggai 45 nm
AMD has presented today the new Opteron processors manufactured at 45 nanometers. Just to remember that the Opteron is the micro chip for workstations and servers.
The new manufacturing process at 45 nanometers means that, in addition to match the competition with Intel processors, it’ll also earn an extra performance from the previous generation of AMD processors itself. According to them, these new AMD Opteron Shanghai are up to 35% more effective than the previous generation of Opteron, called Barcelon..
The AMD Opteron ‘Shanghai’ is a four processor cores in a range between 2.3 and 2.7 GHz. According to the AMD, theyhave improved the performance of these processors work in virtualization, and have made a series of developments in the form of compatibility with next-generation components: older caches, increased frequencies of kernels and lower end, 75 watts.
Concerning the future, AMD intends to launch new models of these processors in the first quarter of 2009 and will be the Quad-Core AMD Opteron HE and SE, with a consumption of 55 watts and 105 respectively. It seems that the HE will be a good option to have a server with low / medium consumption and decent performance, while the SE could be just the opposite: the Opteron 45 nm, more powerful with a very high power consumption, suitable for companies of which workload on the servers is higher than the ordinary.
{ 1 trackback }
{ 0 comments… add one now }