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It turns out that AMD is being downright sneaky about the launch of their next generation Magny-Cours server class CPUs. Some recent reports indicated that the 12-core chips, officially called the Opteron 6100 series, were shipping out to OEMs. AMD’s Product Manager for Server/Workstation John Fruehe finally came clean and admitted that the new server parts have been shipping since earlier in February. He also said that full scale production was underway, but no announcements were being made at this time.
This news certainly helps to explain where the set of Magny-Cours processors on eBay came from. AMD is most likely looking to get the new chips out the door to combat Intel’s anticipated 6-core Xeons. No official pricing for the Opteron 6100s has been announced, but the set on eBay is still listed for $7,700.
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