AMD Demonstrates 6-Core Istanbul

Tech Report looked at a demo of the 6-core Istanbul Opteron.AMD showed several demonstrations of Istanbul silicon in action. The first was a simple showing of Task Manager on the Windows Server 2008 desktop, in which the utility showed activity indicators for each of the 24 cores in a quad-socket system.The second demo was conducted on a dual-socket system with 12 cores. The main OS was Windows Server 2008, but the system also hosted three separate virtual machines: one each for Windows Server 2003,...

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AMD Desktop Roadmap Update Feb 2009

Here we provide the latest AMD Desktop Roadmap:http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F1N312SRorhttp://www.mediafire.com/?ghwrumzyjt5Additions:Added Phenom™ II 500 series “Callisto” processors to launch in Q209:AMD Phenom II X2 550 3.1GHz, 7MB Total CacheAMD Phenom II X2 545 3.0GHz, 7MB Total CacheChanges:Changed AMD Phenom II X4 950 3.1GHz to AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2G...

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Phenom II X3 & X4 Socket AM3

AMD extended the value and lifespan of its Dragon platform technology today with five new additions to its AMD Phenom™ II processor family, including the industry’s only 45nm triple-core processors and three new AMD Phenom II quad-core processors. These AMD Phenom II processors deliver choice and lay the foundation for memory transition; they fit in either AM2+ or AM3 sockets and support DDR2 or next generation DDR3 memory technology.The new triple-core (Heka) and quad-core (Deneb) AMD Phenom II...

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