http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33338/118/
So, this is far different than the original idea that it will launch in June (Original projection) with high frequencies, but 2 processors in September should be great! 1.9 and 2.0 Ghz, a little low, but I can't complain too much - it will really depend on how well they benchmark. At those price points, it seems clear they are targeting to compete with the 5335 and 5345 (or maybe they're anticipating Intel price drops and are targeting the 5345 and the 5355, since supposidly, 2.0 Barcy does amazing in one benchmark vs 5335 when under AMD lock and key ). This still leaves MP as an unknown as well as if they will have anything to compete with Intel's upper end of the scale.
Just under a month left! Exciting!
Edit: I'm surprised no one caught my error in product names (just shows how confusing the numerical system can be ). Note that there is no 5500 Intel series for Xeons (currently). Changed the references to the (correct) 5300 series :-D
AMD schedules to launch two 2-way Opteron (Barcelona) server processors on September 10 this year, according to sources at server makers. The Opteron 2348 and 2350 will have core frequencies of 1.9 GHz and 2.0 GHz and will be priced at $320 and $390 in 1000-unit tray quantities, respectively.
So, this is far different than the original idea that it will launch in June (Original projection) with high frequencies, but 2 processors in September should be great! 1.9 and 2.0 Ghz, a little low, but I can't complain too much - it will really depend on how well they benchmark. At those price points, it seems clear they are targeting to compete with the 5335 and 5345 (or maybe they're anticipating Intel price drops and are targeting the 5345 and the 5355, since supposidly, 2.0 Barcy does amazing in one benchmark vs 5335 when under AMD lock and key ). This still leaves MP as an unknown as well as if they will have anything to compete with Intel's upper end of the scale.
Just under a month left! Exciting!
Edit: I'm surprised no one caught my error in product names (just shows how confusing the numerical system can be ). Note that there is no 5500 Intel series for Xeons (currently). Changed the references to the (correct) 5300 series :-D