AMD and Intel

AMD introduced its fastest quad-core opteron server chips. Two new AMD Opteron 2.4GHz and two new 2.5GHz parts. The 2.4GHz Opteron 2358 SE is priced at $873 on AMD’s Website, and the 2.5GHz 2360 SE, has a price tag of $1,165.2.4GHz 8358 SE, priced at $1,865, and the 2.5GHz 8360 SE, which runs a cool $2,149.

“In the 2-socket space, we’re talking about the HPC folks, people doing genome-mapping for instance, where they need every last bit of clock speed and performance from each core,” said AMD server chip manager Steve Demski last week.

“In the 8-socket space, the demographic is customers doing the really intense number-crunching against those big enterprise databases.”

• AMD Athlon X2 Dual-core “Brisbane” (BH-G2-AM2)
  • AMD Athlon X2 5050e at 2.6GHz,45w
  • AMD Athlon X2 3250e (1.5GHz,22 w)
• AMD Phenom X3 triple-core “Toliman” (DR-B3-AM2+)
  • Phenom X3 8850 at 2.5GHz,95w
  • Phenom X3 8850 Unlocked (2.5GHz,95w)
• AMD Athlon Single-core “Lima” Processor (BH-G2-AM2) for low-power devices at 1.6GHz ,draws just 15W
  • AMD Athlon 2650e (1.66GHz,15w)
• AMD Phenom TBD Quad-core “Deneb” Processor (RB-C2-AM2+)
  • Phenom X4 TBD (3GHz,125w)
  • Phenom X4 TBD (2.8GHz,125w)
• The AMD “ultra-value client” UVC solutions(Intel’s Atom competitor ?)

“Advanced Micro Devices plans to announce its first desktop microprocessors produced using 45nm process technology on the 8^th of January, 2009, the first day of Consumer Electronics Show. The code-named Deneb chips will not get truly high clock-speed boost, but will be able to offer substantially higher performance thanks to larger cache and architectural improvements.

The first desktop processors from AMD made using 45nm process technology will be AMD Phenom X4 chips clocked at 2.80GHz and 3.00GHz, sources familiar with AMD’s plans said. The new processors will support both DDR2 and DDR3 memory, but since the initial chips will be available in socket AM2+ form-factor, the chips will have to rely on dual-channel DDR2 PC2-8500 (1066MHz DDR2) memory.”