12 Core AMD Opteron CPU by March 2010

[apache_lives]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20091215170147_AMD_to_Launch_12_Core_Server_Microprocessors_in_March_Sources.html

Magny-Cours microprocessors feature two six-core or quad-core dies on one piece of substrate

- was it AMD not long ago having a go at Intel for esentially "duck taping" two cores to make one multicore'd chip? and the large "monolithic is better" debate...

Interesting times ahead, wouldnt mind a rig with 12 real cores, wonder how this stacks up agains the up coming xeon version of the i7 980X, and how well these babys scale etc.

 

[BadTrip]

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[warmon6]

I would love to see in the future a processor that runs a 6ghz

That wont happen until chip makers can mass produces chips that can either:

1. Withstand the extream temps that would be produced (unlikely)

2. make chip that can produce the same heat or less while running at 5+ GHz (the more likely of the 2 option going to happen)

Although it seams all companies (and most people) agree that having a wider bus and more cores is better that raw speed.

 

[therogerwilco]

is this a joke?

 

[loneninja]

is this a joke?

Is what a joke? The fact AMD will actually have a 12 core processor available for purchase in a few months?

 

[bigwater]

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