AMD upgrades dual-core Opteron chip to 3 GHz

April 6th, 2007

“Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has begun shipping two 3 GHz versions of its dual-core Opteron chip to server vendors, continuing a battle over multicore processing power with Intel Corp., the company said Wednesday. AMD plans to begin full-volume shipments by early May of the new Opteron 2222 SE chip for two-processor servers and the 8222 SE chip for eight-processor servers, said Patrick Patla, director of Opteron marketing for the company. The new chips are similar to AMD’s previous top-shelf, dual-core chip, but run as fast as 3 GHz instead of 2.8 GHz for customers with general-purpose servers and workstations who need the extra speed to handle larger databases or more complex technical computing tasks…” (Read full article here)

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