45nm Shanghai Opterons debut

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited November 2008 in Science & 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-autum... Continue reading

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  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited October 2008
    Why are they so expensive?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2008
    Enterprise chips, and the 8xxx chips are for 8-way systems.
  • KometeKomete Member
    edited October 2008
    I really have a good feeling about these chips. Can't wait for the desktop counterparts.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2008
    They'll be better than AGENA chips, but not better than Nehalem if it's only +20%.
  • edited November 2008
    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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