Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has completed its quad-core Opteron portfolio, as it has started shipping two new processors for the 2300 series as well as two more for the 8300 series. The new chips are designed for high-end four-socket / eight-socket servers.
The newcomers are called Opteron 2358 SE (2.4GHz), Opteron 2360 SE (2.5GHz), Opteron 8358 SE (2.4GHz) and 8360 SE (2.5GHz); these are part of the company’s last set of 65-nanometer server models, as it plans to switch to a 45-nanometer assembly process later on this year. The upcoming chips may bring a speed increase of up to twenty percent.
In the second week of May, AMD launched five quad-core Opteron processors (8347 HE, 8346 HE, 2347 HE, 2346 HE, and 2344 HE), described by company officials as energy-efficient. They run on 55 Watts of AC power and, when compared to the 75-watt Barcelona chips that were released by AMD last year, the Opteron shows a 30 percent efficiency increase. The chips’ speeds, as well as their prices, range from 1.7GHz to 1.9GHz and from $209 to $873, respectively.
Also in May, the company presented its two-year server and workstation product plan. Next year, AMD’s first six-core chip is scheduled for release and for the first half of 2010, a 12-core processor is being prepared.
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