AMD has introduced its next-generation AMD Opteron processor family, designed to enable customers to increase computing capacity without altering datacenter infrastructure.
It is the only x86 server processor with planned upgradeability to native quad-core within the same thermal design power envelope.
In 2006, AMD expects to double the number of AMD Opteron processor-based systems offered from global and regional tier-one OEMs.
In addition to launching its next-generation AMD Opteron processors, AMD also announced the completion of the design, or tape-out, of its native quad-core AMD Opteron processors. AMD plans to deliver to customers in mid-2007 native quad-core AMD Opteron processors that incorporate four processor cores on a single die of silicon.
Quad-core AMD Opteron processors are expected to be electrical-, thermal- and socket-compatible with the next-generation AMD Opteron processors introduced today. The consistency and stability offered by next-generation AMD Opteron processors enhance the potential benefits to OEMs, system-builders and semiconductor companies who elect to innovate on the AMD64 architecture via the AMD Torrenza initiative.
Torrenza capitalizes on the Direct Connect Architecture and HyperTransport technology advantages of the AMD64 architecture to enable other processor and hardware providers to innovate within a common ecosystem. The enhanced capabilities and innovation options now available through the extensible system bus via the HTX connector with new AMD Socket F (1207) compatible processors serve as the infrastructural underpinnings for advancing AMD64 as the x86 open innovation platform.
Leading original equipment manufacturers including Sun Microsystems, HP, IBM and Supermicro have announced support for the next-generation AMD Opteron processors.
Next-generation AMD Opteron processor Model 8218 is priced at $2,149 in 1,000-unit quantities, Model 2218 at $873, Model 1218 at $749, Model 8220 SE at $2,649, Model 2220 SE at $1,165 and Model 1220 SE at $899 in 1,000-unit quantities.
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