AMD Now Shipping Bulldozer Processors

By Nathan Kirsch

AMD recently announced revenue shipments of the first processors based on its new x86 Bulldozer architecture. Initial production of the worlds first 16-core x86 processor, codenamed Interlagos, began in August and shipping to customers is already underway. Compatible with existing AMD Opteron 6100 Series platforms and infrastructure, Interlagos is expected to launch and be available in partner systems in the fourth quarter of this year. Many of the initial shipments have been earmarked for large custom supercomputer installations that are now underway.

AMD FX-8130P Bulldozer CPU box

This is a monumental moment for the industry as this first Bulldozer core represents the beginning of unprecedented performance scaling for x86 CPUs, said Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, AMD Products Group. “The flexible new Bulldozer architecture will give Web and datacenter customers the scalability they need to handle emerging cloud and virtualization workloads.

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