Monday, November 14, 2011
AMD's 16-core Opteron Chips Arrive After Wait
6282 | 16 | 2.6GHz | 3.3GHz | 140W | |
6276 | 16 | 2.3GHz | 3.2GHz | 115W | |
6274 | 16 | 2.2GHz | 3.1GHz | 115W | |
6272 | 16 | 2.1GHz | 3GHz | 115W |
AMD's 16-core Opteron Chips Arrive After Wait
The five 6200 chips -- 6262 HE, 6272, 6274, 6276 and 6282 SE -- run at clock speeds between 1.6GHz and 2.6GHz, and are priced between US$523 and $1,019. The chips draw between 85 watts and 140 watts of power and will plug into existing server sockets to replace older 12-core chips.
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99% BAD HARDWARE WEEK: The supercomputer Blue Waters project. will be powered by new 16-core AMD Opteron 6200 Series processors (formerly code-named 'Interlagos') a next-generation GPU from NVIDIA, called 'Kepler,' and a new integrated storage solution from Cray.