Comments on: 6 core istanbul moves forward to May http://insidehpc.com/2009/04/23/6-core-istanbul-moves-forward-to-may/ HPC News Without the Noise for Supercomputing Professionals | insideHPC Fri, 03 May 2013 04:44:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Danieljohnson http://insidehpc.com/2009/04/23/6-core-istanbul-moves-forward-to-may/#comment-164557 Danieljohnson Wed, 06 May 2009 10:21:44 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=4590#comment-164557 With Intel’s six core Nehalem architecture fast capturing the market, it was necessary for AMD to come up with something quickly. And finally came up with the release of Istanbul, the Opteron series from AMD features six cores and a faster HyperTransport interconnect So what does AMD have going for it right now with Istanbul: Istanbul provides the best value for customers who already own a Shanghai or Barcelona based server. In-socket replacement, very low downtime for upgrades and better performance with just a change of CPU. DDR2 memory – DDR2 memory is now priced very competitively against DDR3. This brings down the overall cost of the system. Istanbul will use DDR2 instead of the more costly DDR3 memory. With Intel’s six core Nehalem architecture fast capturing the market, it was necessary for AMD to come up with something quickly. And finally came up with the release of Istanbul, the Opteron series from AMD features six cores and a faster HyperTransport interconnect

So what does AMD have going for it right now with Istanbul:

Istanbul provides the best value for customers who already own a Shanghai or Barcelona based server. In-socket replacement, very low downtime for upgrades and better performance with just a change of CPU.

DDR2 memory – DDR2 memory is now priced very competitively against DDR3. This brings down the overall cost of the system. Istanbul will use DDR2 instead of the more costly DDR3 memory.

]]> By: GMoncrief http://insidehpc.com/2009/04/23/6-core-istanbul-moves-forward-to-may/#comment-162654 GMoncrief Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:47:39 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=4590#comment-162654 from http://www.betanews.com/article/The-plan-to-get-AMD-Opteron-back-in-sync/1240525554 called "Magny-Cours" but pronounced "many-core." Seems obvious in retrospect. from http://www.betanews.com/article/The-plan-to-get-AMD-Opteron-back-in-sync/1240525554

called “Magny-Cours” but pronounced “many-core.”

Seems obvious in retrospect.

]]> By: John West http://insidehpc.com/2009/04/23/6-core-istanbul-moves-forward-to-may/#comment-162641 John West Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:34:40 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=4590#comment-162641 FJW - thanks. FJW – thanks.

]]> By: FJW http://insidehpc.com/2009/04/23/6-core-istanbul-moves-forward-to-may/#comment-162635 FJW Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:21:23 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=4590#comment-162635 Mag-Nee Cores Mag-Nee Cores

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