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From an article posted in www.computerweekly.com.
AMD chip enables growth without power overheads
by Cliff Saran
Monday 30 July 2007
AMD's next-generation quad-core AMD Opteron server processor, code-named Barcelona, promises to address power and cooling issues affecting datacentre expansion.
Due out in September, AMD's Barcelona chip could provide IT managers with a way to expand a *datacentre without increasing power and cooling requirements.
AMD said the processor operates at 68 watts - the same power as its previous dual-core processor - yet it boasts a 50% improvement in floating point performance, and a 20% gain in integer performance. Furthermore, existing dual-core Opeteron servers can be upgraded to the new chip.
Bruce Shaw, director of worldwide marketing at AMD, said, "Performance improves with no *additional power and cooling *requirements."
He added that AMD staff were able to install the Barcelona processor in users' existing systems and upgrade the server's Bios in about 10 minutes.
To reduce power requirements, each processor core can be run independently at different frequencies. AMD has also provided dual dynamic power management and independent voltage planes for processor cores and the memory controller, which it said helps to reduces processor energy consumption by enabling more granular power management capabilities.
Essentially, each processor core is able to operate at reduced power consumption levels while the memory controller continues to run at full speed. AMD said this not only reduces the processor's power consumption, it allows memory speeds to be increased, which boosts overall performance.
In addition, AMD's Coolcore technology is used to reduce processor energy consumption by turning off unused parts of the processor.
Shaw said, "100 racks of dual-core servers with 8,000 cores can be upgraded to 16,000 cores, giving an improvement in performance of between 40% and 70%, with no need for additional cooling or power."
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Ototero that really is fantastic News on the Barcelona, What I found was just as enthusiastic though so I thought I would share! ......
New eight-core "Sandtiger" set for 2009 on third-generation Opteron platform
AMD previewed its third-generation Opteron platform during the company’s Technology Analyst. The third-generation AMD Opteron platform is set for a 2009 debut with a new Sandtiger-core processor. AMD’s current Socket 1207 platform is the Opteron’s second-generation platform and designed to accommodate Opteron revision F, Barcelona and the 45nm die-shrink Shanghai processors.
Sandtiger ups the core ante with eight-cores. AMD will manufacture the octal-core Sandtiger on a 45nm fabrication process. Sandtiger introduces HyperTransport 3.0, or HT3, to AMD’s server and workstation platforms. The processor will have four HyperTransport links with a new Direct Connect 2 infrastructure.
Sandtiger will also support DDR3 memory. The third-generation AMD Opteron platform will be the first platform to support G3 Memory Extender, or G3MX, technology for larger memory capacities. The platform also supports PCI Express 2.0.
New server and workstation chipsets will accommodate the new platform. AMD makes no mention on socket compatibility of the third-generation Opteron platform, but AMD’s track record shows socket changes with a new platform.
Before Sandtiger, AMD has Shanghai up its sleeves. Shanghai will be the 45nm shrink of Barcelona. AMD has Shanghai on the roadmap for a 2008 launch to replace Barcelona. Shanghai will drop into existing second-generation AMD Opteron platforms.
Shanghai features minor improvements such as a 6MB L3 cache and IPC improvements. The core will continue to have 512KB of L2 cache per core with three HT1 links. Registered DDR2 memory continues to be the memory of choice for Shanghai.
Expect AMD to unveil its third-generation AMD Opteron platform with G3MX technology and Sandtiger core in 2009 and Shanghai around the second half of 2008.
http://www.dailytech.com/AMD+Talks+O...rticle8200.htm
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What I need now is six jobs to pay for all the cpu's I want
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Good thing I'm Retired, I'd hate to have to actually work to pay for the new Toy's I get. I just got the 8'th Quad up and running ...Originally Posted by Ototero
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you just love to rub it in ehGood thing I'm Retired, I'd hate to have to actually work to pay for the new Toy's I get. I just got the 8'th Quad up and running ...
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yeah, retired too.
A bone to pick though... take for instance the 939 3800 X2, and then "they" said, gee, time to move that to AM2, for the upgrade path... of course... I think they meant the upgrade path to the fat cats wallets that own the company, stock, etc., cause I sure don't see or hear of any AM2 releated new cores. So really, once again it's just a major "bucks extraction technology" effort on their part. Now there's the upgrade if you just happened to be running the correct opteron m/b, but for the masses it isn't there. Hopefully I'm wrong and haven't read anything about new chips for AM2 stuff........... ???
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Intel's the same way, almost every time they come out with a new CPU you have to buy the CPU & Motherboard, lots of times the Memory too.
When I went from the Ancient P4's to the Core 2 Duo's I had to buy the above 3 plus new Video Cards too, but that was to be expected I guess seeing as the P4's were so outdated. Going to the Quads I had to get new Power Supply's too for most of the Cases, I got away with the PSU's I had with the C2D's but for the Quads I had to get 6 new PSU's in order for them to run ...
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