Opteron’s cache is markedly slower than those in Xeon and Itanium 2, and both Intel CPUs can utilize An L3 (Level 3) cache. It helps that Opteron’s caches are larger, ...

As a followup to its flagship Opteron 6300 launch last month, AMD has just released several more Piledriver-based processors meant for the server room. One eight-core and two quad-core models are ...

Sun Microsystems has doubled the number of Opteron processors inside its SunFire server line, launching the four-processor SunFire V40z on Monday. As expected, ...

For the first time in decades perennial underdog Advanced Micro Devices has one-upped the chip king, Intel Corp. One of AMD's latest microprocessors, Opteron, is winning over loyal Intel customers ...

At Opteron’s two-year anniversary gathering in New York on April 21, 2005, AMD rolled out its first dual-core Opteron CPU. Not only do the new chips turn dual-processor workstations and servers ...

With its Opteron server chip, underdog Advanced Micro Devices appears to have finally bet on a winner. Since introducing the 64-bit processor a year ago Thursday, AMD has been granted new access ...

Opteron’s most visible success story has come from AMD itself. The company has now been profitable for two straight quarters following nine straight quarters of losses.

Advanced Micro Devices launches 64-bit chips for servers with both single and multiple processors. It's also looking to fend off Itanium advances from rival Intel.

Opteron, which can run 32- and 64-bit applications, is gathering support from some 32-bit users because of how it’s designed. AMD has developed what it calls HyperTransport technology, ...

C|Net have a news story with word that AMD have released updated version of their Opteron lines of CPUs: The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company will release on Monday three new Opteron chips for ...

This places it on par with older processors like the Intel Xeon E5520 (2.27 GHz, 24.1 points) and AMD Opteron 6212 (2.6 GHz, 22.9 points) but with a significantly higher core count, making it ...

Four-processor SunFire V40z is latest addition to what is likely to be a large family of Opteron servers from Sun. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors ...