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45nm Shanghai Opterons debut

Robert Hallock October 30, 2008 10:32 AM ET in Tech

AMD’s Shanghai, the 45nm revision to Phenom-based Opterons, has begun to appear at resellers and is demanding a tidy sum.

While the chip is not expected to be officially released until November 13, the appearance of the chip at retailers is a sign that AMD is delivering on its promised timetable. Long criticized for the protracted development period of the Phenom, AMD swore by a late-autumn release of the Shanghai and promised that it had learned from its mistakes with the maligned successor to the Athlon 64.

The new Opterons, appearing in 837X, 838X, and 238X flavors, weigh in at $814 for 2.5GHz Opteron 2380 to $2240 for the Opteron 8384. Additional models are expected through the official launch of the chip.

Servers with configurations based on AMD’s new solutions are currently undergoing validation and have been targeted at a 1Q09 release.

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5 Comments:

  1. Buddy J
    Dept. of Propaganda
    30 Oct '08, 10:47 am

    Why are they so expensive?

  2. Robert Hallock
    Cad
    30 Oct '08, 10:59 am

    Enterprise chips, and the 8xxx chips are for 8-way systems.

  3. Komete
    DIY Haxx0r
    30 Oct '08, 10:45 pm

    I really have a good feeling about these chips. Can't wait for the desktop counterparts.

  4. Robert Hallock
    Cad
    31 Oct '08, 9:39 am

    They'll be better than AGENA chips, but not better than Nehalem if it's only +20%.

  5. peter
    Guest
    1 Nov '08, 1:04 am

    actually tharx, it's supposedly 20% per Ghz so that would put it on top of nehalem. seeing as early corei7 benchmarks are showing it to be as fast as a qx9770

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