Wednesday, September 7th 2011
AMD Ships First ''Bulldozer'' Processors, Available in Q4
Today, AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced revenue shipments of the first processors based on its new x86 "Bulldozer" architecture. Initial production of the world's first 16-core x86 processor, codenamed "Interlagos," began in August and shipping to customers is already underway. Compatible with existing AMD Opteron 6100 Series platforms and infrastructure, "Interlagos" is expected to launch and be available in partner systems in the fourth quarter of this year. Many of the initial shipments have been earmarked for large custom supercomputer installations that are now underway.
"This is a monumental moment for the industry as this first 'Bulldozer' core represents the beginning of unprecedented performance scaling for x86 CPUs," said Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, AMD Products Group. "The flexible new 'Bulldozer' architecture will give Web and datacenter customers the scalability they need to handle emerging cloud and virtualization workloads."
For more information, visit the pages of Opteron 6000 series and Opteron 4000 series.
"This is a monumental moment for the industry as this first 'Bulldozer' core represents the beginning of unprecedented performance scaling for x86 CPUs," said Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, AMD Products Group. "The flexible new 'Bulldozer' architecture will give Web and datacenter customers the scalability they need to handle emerging cloud and virtualization workloads."
33 Comments on AMD Ships First ''Bulldozer'' Processors, Available in Q4
integer performance VS Xeon
10.65625 per thread for the Xeon E7520 4 core Hyperthreading enabled 1.866Ghz
16 per thread for 6128 8 core 2Ghz
It is good to note that they used slower but more memory in the Intel rigs tested against, VS the AMD, so more memory = slower timings, plus slower memory, what effect that will actually have on this test I am unsure.
What I am reading from this is they have increased the IPC enough their extra cores will make up the difference in multithreaded applications that are demanding, but possibly not much on a core VS core performance level. Either way if they are faster while cheaper I am happy with that.
We can safely assume that desktop counterpart performance won't be too far apart with this right?
Tell you truth Overclocking aint wut it used to be, it seems to have gone mainstream. Just like having shift paddles on ur street cars n sport shift for automatics- its getting boring to me. Better off just buying the fastest processor you can get n just leave it set.
If there were 2 way Opteron boards that support 64 Gigs of ram n plenty of PCI E 16 slots on a board ill pick one up over a phenom 2 anymore.
Last I came Here to Help People not bicker over who's penis is bigger. Tell you truth I think a few of the news casters here n some mods n most here need to get laid.
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I believe somebody already talked about the reason why AMD delayed the Bulldozer CPU. It has nothing to do with whether Bulldozer is completed or not, they've been already packaged and waiting for mass shipments and/or they've already been shipped. The only logical explination IMHO is they are trying to flush out current Phenom II's. I mean they are already selling for killer prices such as $145 and less. If AMD was to release the Bulldozer CPU's say tomorrow, they would be forced to further drop the prices of current PII's by as much as 50% IMO.
Anyway here's two links with more information. Like always take this information with an organic grain of salt....
Bulldozer FX comes in mid October
www.fudzilla.com/processors/item/24156-bulldozer-comes-in-mid-october
Bulldozer to be succeeded by Vishera core
www.fudzilla.com/processors/item/24157-bulldozer-to-be-succeeded-by-vishera-core