AMD Cranks Up Speed Of Low Power AMD Opteron Chips
Advanced Micro Devices introduced its new AMD Opteron microprocessor for 2-way servers or workstations designed to fit into 55W thermal envelope at the Server Blade Summit 2005 in Santa Clara, California. The new chip is first of its kind to be made using 90nm process technology and features several enhancements compared to the predecessors.
Source: X-Bit LabsThe new AMD Opteron processor 248 HE intended 2-way applications is clocked at 2.20GHz, incorporates dual-channel PC3200 memory controller, 1MB of cache and SSE3 technology. The chip is designed for Socket 940 infrastructure with thermal envelope of 55W, just like all AMD Opteron processors with HE moniker. Among the improvements over the previous generation HE products, the new chip features 1000MHz HyperTransport bus and SSE3 software instruction set in addition to minor micro-architectural tweaks.
AMD Opteron 248 HE is produced using 90nm Silicon-on-Insulator process technology in the company’s Fab 30 facility in Dresden, Germany. The chip’s core voltage is 1.4V, amperage is 38.1A, maximum thermal power is 55W.
According to AMD Opteron Processor Quick Reference Guide, Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices ships two flavours of AMD Opteron 248 HE with Ordering Part Numbers (OPNs) OSK248BLBOX and OSK248FAA5BL. Still, according to AMD Opteron Processor Model Numbers and Features Comparison there can be different flavours of AMD Opteron processor 248 HE, which are produced using 130nm process technology, feature 800MHz HyperTransport bus and do not sport SSE3 technology.
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