AMD announced Friday that it will begin shipping its quad-core Opteron processor, dubbed “Barcelona,” in August. Enterprise-level server manufacturers including Sun Microsystems have committed to using the standard and low-watt special edition versions of the chip, giving the chipmaker a much needed boost against archrival Intel and its Xeon 5300 Clovertown quad-core chip. “Barcelona represents a very important product for AMD,” Shane Rau, an IDC analyst, told TechNewsWorld.
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AMD Sets Summer Ship Date for Quad-Core Chips
Posted by: Walaika Haskins June 29, 2007 02:53 PMAMD announced Friday that it will begin shipping its quad-core Opteron processor, dubbed “Barcelona,” in August. Enterprise-level server manufacturers including Sun Microsystems have committed to using the standard and low-watt special edition versions of the chip, giving the chipmaker a much needed boost against archrival Intel and its Xeon 5300 Clovertown quad-core chip. “Barcelona represents a very important product for AMD,” Shane Rau, an IDC analyst, told TechNewsWorld.