AMD Introduces Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor

AMD today introduced the Quad-Core AMD Opteron  processor designed from inception for the most demanding datacenters. The new  Quad-Core AMD Opteron can deliver breakthrough capabilities to customers in a time of dramatically escalating performance-per-watt emphasis.

Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors with AMD’s r Direct Connect Architecture introduces four x86 processing cores on a single die of silicon. It has energy efficiency with a 50 percent increase in integer and floating-point performance and enhanced virtualization performance.

Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-based systems from global OEM and system-builder partners begin shipping this month and are expected to increase in number through the remainder of the year.

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