The latest news from the tech world is that Quad Cores are going to be out from the market as Six Core Processors are coming. As the first step AMD, the main rival of Intel announced their new Six Core AMD Opteron EE processors last week. The Intel is also Working behing the Six Core Processors which is code named as "Gulf Town" processors. AMD is challenging Intel Xeon chips in the server processor space with its new six core processor.
AMD's new six core Opteron EE processors is based on AMD's Istanbul microarchitecture, which is "drop-in" compatible with sockets in systems running quad-core chips of the previous generation, codenamed Shanghai. Istanbul, built using the latest 45-nanometer manufacturing technology which comes with a new improved technology called HyperTransport Assist that increases memory and input/output performance.
Amd's new Six core Opteron EE processors delivers approximately 31 percent higher performance per watt compared to the earlier AMD opteron processors. The new Six core Opteron EE processors will work at 40 watts ACP. AMD Six core opteron processors are available in wide range of variants which include energy efficient and very low server processors. These new AMD processors are equipped with AMD’s Virtualization technology andother various advanced power saving capabilities.
AMD introduced Opteron 2419 EE processor which is a variant of the six core processors. AMD Opteron 2419 EE processor will run at a speed of about 2.0 GHz and comes with 512KB L2 cache for each core and 6MB common L3 cache. AMD company claims that with the improved performance of the new Opteron EE processors helps to cut energy costs and consolidate servers in data centers.
The new AMD Opteron 2419 EE six core processor will be available for purchasing now and is priced at US$989. AMD company also offers 55-watt and 75-watt six core processors.
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