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AMD gooses Opteron to 3 gigahertz

April 21, 2007 High-wattage part of server processor shipping now, but Advanced Micro Devices will formally announce new models Monday. TAGS: AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon, quantity, quad-core, AMD, dual-core, Sun Microsystems Inc., server, Intel, Dell, HP

AMD hopes Barcelona demos whet IT's appetite

June 5, 2007 The quad-core server chip won't appear until later this year, but AMD's trying to show potential customers the chips are up and running. TAGS: Barcelona, quad-core, AMD Opteron, AMD, power management, server, information technology

Dell announces first quad-core servers

November 8, 2006 Servers based on Intel's quad-core Xeon available beginning early 2007; Dell also announces new AMD Opteron system. TAGS: Intel Xeon, quad-core, Dell PowerEdge, Intel Core 2 Extreme, AMD Opteron, blade server, workstation, dual-core, Dell, blade, AMD, server, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel

AMD shows sunny side of Barcelona

May 21, 2007 Sure enough, quad-core chips are more powerful than dual-core chips. But it only counts if they are available to buy. TAGS: Barcelona, quad-core, AMD Opteron, dual-core processor, AMD, benchmarking, Intel Xeon, Intel, dual-core, server

AMD's quad-core 'Barcelona' coming in August

June 29, 2007 Faster models will arrive in the fourth quarter; first servers using the chips are due in September. TAGS: AMD Opteron, quad-core, Intel Xeon, Barcelona, dual-core, power consumption, AMD, multi-core, frequency, manufacturing, workstation, Intel, server, PC

AMD's Barcelona not a savior, yet

September 10, 2007 After a delay, Barcelona is here, but is it the clear winner AMD promised it would be? That's uncertain. TAGS: Barcelona, AMD Opteron, quad-core, AMD, high-performance, power consumption, server, workstation, category, Intel

AMD's man of the future

June 1, 2006 newsmaker CTO Phil Hester's chip design strategy spans supporting co-processors and helping the developing world. TAGS: multi-core, AMD Opteron, AMD, client software, quad-core, California, server, conference, Intel, PC

AMD unleashes next-generation Opteron chips

August 15, 2006 Chipmaker's response to Intel's new Xeons speeds memory and paves way to quad-core. Photos: Servers ride on new Opterons TAGS: AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon, x86 server, quad-core, AMD, virtualization, power consumption, Intel, server, leader, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., HP

'Rev F' ends single-core Opteron era for AMD

March 6, 2006 Chipmaker launches a final version of its single-core Opteron server processors, paving the way for quad-core models. TAGS: AMD Opteron, quad-core, AMD, product marketing, chip company, Intel Xeon, era, virtualization, manufacturing, dual-core, Intel, server

Intel, AMD vie for server attention

March 1, 2007 Dueling chipmakers try to steer attention to tomorrow's battleground for quad-core server processors. TAGS: AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon, Barcelona, AMD, quad-core, power consumption, Intel, executive vice president, server, attention

For AMD, more money means more problems

October 26, 2006 Demand for its current chips has AMD scrambling to get capacity online just as Intel gets ready to win the race to four cores. TAGS: wafer, transistor, AMD, AMD Opteron, manufacturing, quad-core, AMD Athlon 64, dual-core, AMD Athlon, Intel

AMD: Go to 'Barcelona' over 'Clovertown'

January 23, 2007 Chipmaker predicts that its quad-core chip will outperform Intel's by 40 percent when it ships later this year. TAGS: quad-core, Barcelona, Intel Xeon, Mercury Research, AMD, Intel, AMD Opteron, chip company, dual-core, pricing, server

Intel's quad-core processors go live

November 14, 2006 PC and server companies release gear powered by chips with four cores to entice performance-hungry customers. TAGS: Intel Xeon, quad-core, Intel, AMD Opteron, AMD, power consumption, leadership, workstation, server, PC, Dell

Quad-core Opteron faster at virtualization, AMD says

October 10, 2006 "Barcelona" processor has features to share multiple operating systems more efficiently. Photo: AMD's Barcelona TAGS: hypervisor, Barcelona, virtualization, AMD Opteron, quad-core, Intel Xeon, AMD, generation, memory, Intel, server, operating system

IBM announces full AMD Opteron server line

August 1, 2006 Three years after chip's debut, Big Blue wholeheartedly embraces Opteron with five new servers. TAGS: AMD Opteron, server line, IBM Corp., AMD, x86 server, server, Intel Xeon, blade, Intel, quad-core, memory, 64-bit, database

Intel inside again for new Google servers

January 25, 2007 Resurgent chipmaker has reclaimed an exacting and prestigious customer that had chosen AMD-based x86 servers for the last year. TAGS: Pat Gelsinger, AMD Opteron, AMD, fortune, Intel, Intel Xeon, Sun Microsystems Inc., power consumption, Barcelona, server, Google Inc., chip company, quad-core, dual-core, blog, Apple Computer

Chipmakers add up their advances

October 11, 2006 At the Fall Processor Forum, chipmakers talk speed and arithmetic. NEC, meanwhile, readies a digital olive branch. TAGS: chip company, Sun Sparc, NEC Electronics Corp., AMD Opteron, AMD, Barcelona, quad-core, HD-DVD, Blu-ray, blog, multimedia, Intel, IBM Corp.

Year in review: Chipmakers trade places

December 18, 2007 Intel enjoyed improved sales, while AMD did its best to limit the damage during a year plagued by a key product delay. TAGS: chip company, Barcelona, transistor, AMD, AMD Opteron, Intel, quad-core, Dell

AMD shows loss on merger costs

January 23, 2007 ATI acquisition took a big chunk of AMD's profits in the fourth quarter, and a decline in server processor prices didn't help. TAGS: AMD, gain, merger, multi-core, AMD Opteron, profit, pricing, manufacturing, Intel, quad-core, Intel Core Microarchitecture, Barcelona, Intel Pentium 4, acquisition, ATI Technologies, Intel Pentium

Year in review: In chips, a new balance of power

December 27, 2006 With an upswing for AMD, Intel no longer dominates the processor market as it once did. But the fight's not over. TAGS: chip company, AMD, AMD Opteron, Intel, Intel Xeon, balance, PC company, quad-core, notebook computer, server, Dell, PC
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