AMD's Six-Core Istanbul CPU Released
AMD's Six-Core Istanbul CPU Released
Posted 06/01/2009 at 1:42pm
| by Andy Salisbury
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AMD’s Istanbul processor is finally among us, thanks to an official announcement this morning, stating that the 6 and 4 core versions of the chip have launched.
The Istanbul processor was designed specifically for virtualization, cloud computing and large database applications. And, according to reports, it offers “superior performance and ensures efficient energy consumption.” It’s also expected that an all AMD server platform will be released in the near future.
Thanks to AMD’s manufacturing spin-off, Global Foundries, they were able to release Istanbul five months ahead of schedule.
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ez223
June 01, 2009 at 8:15pm
It probably means 2 processors, 4 processors and 8 processors, 2p, 4p and 8p
Actually, since we're talking about multi-core cpus, it's probably more descriptive to say 2 socket, 4 socket and 8 socket in reference to how many cpu sockets are on a motherboard.
nmanguy
June 01, 2009 at 7:37pm
This is probably something obvious that's just been abbrieviated, but for the life of me I cannot think of what 2p, 4p and 8p mean.
jcollins
June 01, 2009 at 4:21pm
Hrm. I wonder how well the 3 NotFred's cranking away on the 6 core processor would do... :) I imagine the reality is that since it is being marketed as a server CPU, it's going to cost up the wazoo. If you don't see the prices in the press releases, it's way expensive.
yogurt80
June 01, 2009 at 8:05pm
The good news from this is that it is available, if not really to the public, but this means it should be mainstream within 2 years I'd imagine. Way to go AMD! I'll put it on my Christmas list for 2011.
sasquatch42
June 01, 2009 at 2:48pm
and the spinoff finally pays off for AMD
amazingly fast considering how long it took for the ATi purchase to pay off
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