AMD 12-Core Processor Spotted Online
PrintBored with six cores already? Maybe it's time to do double up, and if you have a deep wallet to work with (and the right platform), you can certainly do so.
Provantage has apparently begun taking orders for AMD's 12-core "Magny-Cours" Opteron X12 chips ahead of the part's official launch.The 12-core processors range in clockspeed from 1.7GHz to 2.4GHz and come with either 16MB or 18MB of combined cache (L2 and L3).
The chips are all built on a 45nm manufacturing process and draw between 65 watts and 105 watts of power. Provantage is selling the parts starting at about $800 (6164) and all the way to around $1,500.
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LIONHEART
April 11, 2011 at 10:10pm
its not fake intel has already made the 8 and 12 core processors and so has amd they are just waiting for gigabyte to release their motherboard but trust me they exist and with maximum of 72gb of ddr3 ram go to macpc.com and build your own mac book pro and see for your self
LIONHEART
April 11, 2011 at 10:09pm
its not fake intel has already made the 8 and 12 core processors and so has amd they are just waiting for gigabyte to release their motherboard but trust me they exist and with maximum of 72gb of ddr3 ram go to macpc.com and build your own mac book pro and see for your self
nHeroGo
March 24, 2010 at 11:01am
...and surprised. The future is already here.
I am still using "notepad" - but imagine how fast I can type, cut and paste with 12 cores.
I've always said that Intel are losers.
But is it true? You sure had me fooled. AMD isn't even talking about it. This is an early April-fools leak, I think.
BeVar
March 23, 2010 at 9:55pm
I like that Opteron 6136, 2.4GHz, 16MB total cache, $808.69. That's a nice deal, actually.
Caboose
March 23, 2010 at 3:23pm
12 coreOpteron...
I think I need a towel
-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-
gendoikari1
March 23, 2010 at 5:49pm
Even better! Opteron 6136, 2.4GHz, 16MB total cache, $808.69.
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big_montana
March 23, 2010 at 12:23pm
Would make one heck of a game server or folding machine though!
bpstone
March 23, 2010 at 12:07pm
This CPU is more for number crunching data calculations &/or possibly workstations and not for gaming fun. lol
DogPatch1149
March 23, 2010 at 12:23pm
Isn't everything a computer does some form of number crunching and/or data calculations? I'm just sayin'...
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