AMD announces June release date for Istanbul

AMD announced the last updates with its family of Opteron, including its first processor of six-core, and described its roadmaps up to 2012.

John Fruehe, the company 'directing of development of the businesses of S for waiters and work stations, said the piece of Opteron of six-core, Istanbul called, would launch in June, month in front of program .
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Fruehe indicated that the chipmaker 'the processor of six-core of S first to deliver appreciably more power by Watts that the existing platforms. Istanbul is launched to the companies running of the multifil applications, exceeding the company the 's have processors of waiter of Changha� in this sector, Fruehe explained.

It is also the first system to build by AMD 'new total businesses of foundries of S.

Looking at further, Fruehe indicated plans of AMD to present the second version of directly bound architecture (DCA) used in its pieces of Opteron in 2010. DCA 2.0 will allow processors with to 12 cores at the beginning, and in the future , it said.

DCA 2.0 will allow this by four separate channels of memory integrated to the top of three in the current pieces. AMD indicated that the processors will be offered on a model based on the use of evaluation. Fruehe added that the capacity to run of the more virtual machines by waiter would be an important sales point of this platform.

AMD aims at creating a coherent whole of devices through its families of product. Fruehe promised that from here 2010, all our whole of device, and their possibilities, are available and formed through all our products , by saving directors of network much of administration and support in the datacentre.

The next year will see the addition of two new lines of Opteron, with the 6000 and the 4000 uniting to exist 1000,2000 and 4000 series.

Opteron 6000, conceived for a platform of Maranello waiter called, at the beginning will be composed 45nm of the pieces Magny-Course called with 8 to 12 cores. The year after, 32nm the Interlagos pieces called will be added with 12 to 16 cores.

Opteron 4000 series will follow the same chronology, with 45nm the Lisbon pieces called having 4 to 6 cores entering the platform of waiter of San Marino, followed later pieces of 32nm Valence with 6 to 8 cores.

In the 2012 all two platforms will be added to with the pieces like-still-anonymities of waiter of next generation, Fruehe indicated.