Advanced Micro Devices has launched its long-awaited quad-core addition to its groundbreaking Opteron x86 processor lineup — the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor, a.k.a. “Barcelona,” which AMD is billing as the world’s first native x86 processor to go quad-core. There are several iterations of Barcelona: the Quad-Core AMD Opteron 2300 Series, the 2300 HE Series, the 8300 Series and the 8300 HE Series, all of which are available now. Intel, in a possible preemptive strike aimed to beat AMD’s Monday announcement, last week released its own new lineup, its Quad-Core Xeon 7300 series.
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AMD Launches Quad-Core Counterstrike With Barcelona
Posted by: Chris Maxcer September 10, 2007 01:21 PMAdvanced Micro Devices has launched its long-awaited quad-core addition to its groundbreaking Opteron x86 processor lineup — the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor, a.k.a. “Barcelona,” which AMD is billing as the world’s first native x86 processor to go quad-core. There are several iterations of Barcelona: the Quad-Core AMD Opteron 2300 Series, the 2300 HE Series, the 8300 Series and the 8300 HE Series, all of which are available now. Intel, in a possible preemptive strike aimed to beat AMD’s Monday announcement, last week released its own new lineup, its Quad-Core Xeon 7300 series.