Noch sind es 2 Tage bis der Opteron offiziell das Licht der Welt erblicken wird - dementsprechend erscheinen langsam aber sicher immer mehr Informationen zu der ersten 64Bit CPU von AMD im Internet. Nachfolgend eine kleine Zusammenfassung der neuesten Erkenntnisse.
Laut xbitlabs wird AMD einen neuen Markennamen für den Sockel des Opterons einführen - äquivalent zur Anzahl der Pins/Kontakte wird dieser “AMD Socket 940” heissen
Die c't hat in ihrer aktuellen Printausgabe, die ab Dienstag im Zeitschriftenhandel erhältlich sein wird, ein Newisys Dual Opteron System mit 1,8GHz einem Dual Xeon mit 2,8GHz (512KByte Level 2 Cache, HyperThreading) gegenübergestellt - Planet 64Bit hat einen kleinen Artikel dazu
xbitlabs hat desweiteren neue Informationen zu den Preisen des Opteron
In der Themenvorschau kündigt tecChannel für den 22.04. einen Servertest des Opteron unter 64- und 32-Bit-Linux und einen Workstationtest unter Windows an
Ein Review wird ebenfalls bei Ace's Hardware für den 22.04. versprochen
In einem sehr ausführlichen Artikel bei ExtremeTech gibt es weiterhin einige interessante Aussagen zum Opteron:
"The Opteron is being rated at a thermal design power, or thermal tolerance, of 80 watts, according to sources. But OEMs familiar with the design say AMD is being generous and allowing quite a bit of future thermal headroom for faster Opterons.
"That's the spec," said Phil Hester, chief executive of Newisys, a Texas server startup wholly focused on the Opteron, and in which AMD owns a minority stake. "But the actual is more like 40 watts." Part of the Newisys sales pitch is to allow customers to touch the working Opteron chip package, which is "slightly warm to the touch," Hester said."
" "Our position is 64-bits for free," compared to the Xeon, Hester said."
"Avnet's Condon said that AMD has done a good job backing the channel with supplies of the new processor, evidence it won't be a "paper launch" where supplies of actual chips aren't enough to meet demand. "Absolutely. What we're seeing from AMD is enough to support our needs at launch, and as demand increases throughout the quarter," Condon said."
"Einux's Wong said the company's own customers are seriously evaluating the chip. Two out of the top five consulting companies are seriously examining Fortune 500 clients, Wong said, and about 70 percent of its total customers have approached Einux about Opteron systems. The company's sales through the past few quarters have skewed to as high as 65 percent toward Intel-based servers, however, as customers put off purchases to wait for the Opteron. "Compared to the Athlon MP, we're seeing between eight and ten times better demand," Wong said."
"Conventional 32-bit software, however, should run well on the new 64-bit platform, using AMD's 32-bit compatibility mode.
"AMD finally said last week that they've been testing (32-bit software) for over three months now," one customer said. "It's very robust. All 32-bit standard apps work. (Microsoft) Office works great. About 60 percent of the games work." "
Kurz zusammengefasst also eine geringe Thermal Design Power, Preise vergleichbar mit dem Xeon allerdings mit dem Bonus 64Bit, ausreichende Verfügbarkeit - kein Paperlaunch, bei weitem höhere Nachfrage verglichen zum Athlon MP, Standard 32Bit Software läuft ohne Probleme.
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