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AMD's Six-Core Istanbul CPU Released

Posted 06/01/09 at 04:42:48 PM  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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TAGS: amd, server, processor, hardware, Istanbul
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avatarIt probably means 2

Submitted by ez223 on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 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.

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avatarAh, thanks. Multi-socket

Submitted by nmanguy on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 8:39pm

Ah, thanks. Multi-socket mobo it is.

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avatarDrat

Submitted by nmanguy on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 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.

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avatar How long till the first

Submitted by Denis63 on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 6:12pm

 How long till the first 5-core and 3-core Istanbul?       -Denis

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avatarHrm.  I wonder how well the

Submitted by jcollins on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 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.

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avatarThe good news from this is

Submitted by yogurt80 on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 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.

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avatarand the spinoff finally pays

Submitted by sasquatch42 on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 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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