AMD Launches Opteron 6300 Series Processors

AMD today unveiled its new AMD Opteron 6300 Series server processors based on its next-generation Piledriver core architecture. The new AMD Opteron processors deliver superior performance and scalability for virtualized server platforms that are central to private and public cloud deployments, big data systems and high-performance computing (HPC) clusters. The AMD Opteron 6300 Series processors strike the ultimate balance between performance, scalability and cost effectiveness to help IT organizations lower total cost of ownership (TCO).

Key Facts, Performance and Technical Details:

• Frequency: Up to 3.5 GHz base frequency and up to 3.8 GHz using AMD Turbo CORE technology for increased performance when applications demand it;
• Up to 16 cores per socket for scaling in thread-intensive environments;
• AMD-P power management features maximize performance-per-watt across workloads while giving IT managers more control over their data center power profiles;
• AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) technology for near-native performance in virtualized environments and lowest cost per virtual machine (VM);
• Up to four memory channels with up to 1866 MHz memory;
• The only x86 processor to support ultralow voltage 1.25v memory;
• Supports up to 12 DIMMs per CPU for up to 384GB memory per processor;
• Up to four x16 HyperTransport technology (HT3) links at up to 6.4GT/s per link.