AMD to demo Barcelona today

Robert Hallock 5 Jun, 2007 at 7:26am ET Article published in Tech

Using demo racks from Tyan, Uniwide and Supermicro, active Barcelona systems will begin running today and throughout the rest of the expo. Another fun announcement comes in the form of AMD’s assurance that the Barcelona-based silicon in sockets F and AM2/AM2+ will fit in today’s motherboards employing those sockets. Good news, no doubt.

For a more thorough read and a little insight into AMD’s hope for their new chip, please direct your clickers to C|Net.

Comments

5 Jun 2007 ~ 9:13am Sledgehammer70 They are very pretty CPU's... I promise.
5 Jun 2007 ~ 9:30am BlackHawk Would you say it's worth waiting for those chips instead of upgrading to Core 2 Duo (currently have AM2 setup)?
5 Jun 2007 ~ 9:47am Sledgehammer70 Um.. I would say Yes! but than again I would wait for bechies no matter what

Desktop variants will not see the market until late 2007 or early 2008
5 Jun 2007 ~ 9:50am Oriane

Black Hawk wrote:

Would you say it's worth waiting for those chips instead of upgrading to Core 2 Duo (currently have AM2 setup)?

If you are willing to pay for it- probably. Personally, if I had the money, I'd wait a couple of more weeks after its out so some third party reviews can be done and some of the initial price premiums have dropped.
5 Jun 2007 ~ 10:01am Thrax I'd wait until Penryn v. Barcelona benchies are released. It's going to be a knock-down, drag-out, quad core slugfest.
5 Jun 2007 ~ 10:19am BlackHawk

Thrax wrote:

I'd wait until Penryn v. Barcelona benchies are released. It's going to be a knock-down, drag-out, quad core slugfest.

I'd have to wait how long?
5 Jun 2007 ~ 10:19am Thrax Mm.. Probably august.
5 Jun 2007 ~ 10:22am BlackHawk Quad core going to work on my current setup? Board is a MSI K9N Neo.
5 Jun 2007 ~ 10:30am Thrax Very probable.
5 Jun 2007 ~ 10:50am Sledgehammer70 but you won't get to use all the cool new featres built onto the chip...
5 Jun 2007 ~ 6:49pm Qeldroma

Sledgehammer70 wrote:

but you won't get to use all the cool new featres built onto the chip...

but AMD and its partners are hoping to encourage new system purchases with something called "dual dynamic power management." This essentially allows the cores to operate at a lower voltage while the memory controller is uploading data onto the chip. It also works in reverse, restricting voltage required by the memory controller while the cores are processing data.

Users will need a new motherboard to take advantage of that feature, Demski said. AMD hasn't calculated the power savings yet, but users can expect a 3 percent to 10 percent performance improvement from the dual power management scheme ...

While nice- if I already have a board, I don't find this compelling enough to spend the extra few bills.
5 Jun 2007 ~ 6:56pm BuddyJ What's the deal here?

AnandTech wrote:

If reports out of Taiwan are to be believed, initial performance results from AMD's Barcelona fail to impress and we've got at least a quarter before the race can even potentially get competitive.

Are Barcelonas cool or not?
5 Jun 2007 ~ 7:36pm Qeldroma

Buddy Jesus wrote:

What's the deal here?

Are Barcelonas cool or not?

Uh, the review your link referenced were BE-23xx series CPUs with 2x512KB cache (Brisbanes, I think)-they aren't the Barcelona. Yes?
5 Jun 2007 ~ 7:43pm Thrax Correct, but the article stated that the Barcelonas aren't as good as they could be, just like these BE-23xx chips, but can be competitive based on price.

segue to article.
5 Jun 2007 ~ 7:59pm Qeldroma

Thrax wrote:

Correct, but the article stated that the Barcelonas aren't as good as they could be, just like these BE-23xx chips, but can be competitive based on price.

segue to article.

Thanks, T. Sorry- I couldn't make that reach.

(I don't think I've ever been blasted by so many Intel ads before either )