AMD Announces Opteron 6000 Server Platform – 12-Core Magny-Cours Processors
AMD announces availability of a new server platform featuring the worlds first 8- and 12-core x86 processor for the high-volume 2P and value 4P server market. The AMD Opteron 6000 Series platform addresses the unmistakable needs of server customers today – workload-specific performance, power efficiency, and overall value – while delivering more cores and more memory for less money. The industrys only 8- and 12-core server processors performing at up to two times the level of AMDs previous generation 6-core processors, including an 88 percent increase in integer performance and a 119 percent increase in floating point performance. Leading OEMs including HP, Dell, Acer Group, Cray, and SGI are introducing new systems based on this highly scalable and reliable platform. Pictured below is the
As AMD has done before, we are again redefining the server market based on current customer requirements, said Patrick Patla, vice president and general manager, Server and Embedded Divisions, AMD. The AMD Opteron 6000 Series platform signals a new era of server value, significantly disrupts todays server economics and provides the performance-per-watt, value and consistency customers demand for their real-world data center workloads.
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