{"id":549859,"date":"2006-08-16T12:06:06","date_gmt":"2006-08-16T12:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/549859-amd-unveils-new-multi-core-chip.html"},"modified":"2006-08-16T12:06:06","modified_gmt":"2006-08-16T12:06:06","slug":"amd-unveils-new-multi-core-chip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/549859-amd-unveils-new-multi-core-chip.html","title":{"rendered":"AMD unveils new multi-core chip"},"content":{"rendered":"

The dual-core Next-Generation Opteron processor introduced by AMD in Santa Clara, California, was touted as providing more power without drawing more electricity than its predecessor. <\/font><\/p>\n

The new Opteron was also said to set the stage for an AMD quad-core chip to be released in the middle of 2007. <\/font><\/p>\n

AMD’s market-dominating Silicon Valley rival Intel recently announced plans to begin selling quad-core processors by the end of this year. <\/font><\/p>\n

AMD downplayed Intel’s apparent lead, saying its rival was merely sandwiching two of its new Xeon dual-core chips while AMD was crafting four computer brains onto a single die in a way that would use less electricity. <\/font><\/p>\n

Multi-core chips were becoming the norm for the computer market, particularly for business servers, AMD spokesman Phil Hughes said. <\/font><\/p>\n

"If you bought a server today with a mother board that used a Next-Generation Opteron processor you would be able to swap out the processor when quad-core is available," Hughes told AFP. <\/font><\/p>\n

The Next-Generation Opteron improved performance by as much as 25% without increasing the power consumption of its AMD predecessor, Hughes said. <\/font><\/p>\n

Some of the nearly two dozen models of Opteron chip released on Tuesday outperform their Intel counterparts, AMD claimed. <\/font><\/p>\n

"Today’s announcement represents continued innovation along the customer-directed path we blazed years ago," AMD Server and Workstation Vice President Randy Allen said in a statement. <\/font><\/p>\n

"We provide the complete x86 processor architectural standard for others in the industry to emulate and have planned a seamless upgrade path to quad-core processors." <\/font><\/p>\n

AMD first marketed Opteron processors in 2003 and posted record Opteron sales in its second fiscal quarter of 2006. <\/font><\/p>\n

AMD was eating away at Intel’s market share before Intel unveiled its family of speedy, power-sipping dual-core Xeon processors last month. <\/font><\/p>\n

Intel cut prices on earlier model processors to clear the way for the millions of dual-core chips being pumped out of its facilities worldwide. <\/font><\/p>\n

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