Faster Performance for Workstations and Servers
AMD has added two new models to its Opteron lineup of workstation and server processors. With core speeds of 2.0GHz each, the Opteron 146 and Opteron 846 are the fastest CPUs yet in their respective series (up from the 1.8GHz models 144 and 844), providing leading-edge 32-bit Windows and Linux application performance while letting businesses move to 64-bit operating systems and applications as their needs require.
The Opteron 146 ($669 in 1,000-unit quantities) provides large memory and scalable I/O support for single-processor workstations for engineering and digital content creation professionals, as well as for entry-level servers. The Opteron 846 ($3,199 in 1,000-unit quantities) is optimized for four- to eight-way servers used for large databases and enterprise decision support, with scalability for supercomputing clusters. AMD’s Opteron 200 series, optimized for two-way workstations and servers, already has a 2.0GHz Model 246.
AMD continues to announce design wins for the AMD64 architecture. This week, high-performance Linux specialist Penguin Computing introduced the two- and four-way Altus 4200 server, a compact 4U rackmount system using Opteron 800-series CPUs including the new Model 846 and supporting up to 32GB of PC2100 ECC DDR memory and four hot-swappable Ultra 320 SCSI hard disks (up to 584GB of storage). And the University of Utah has selected Angstrom Microsystems’ Opteron-based Titan64 Superblades for a 500-node supercomputing cluster for advanced genetic and biomedical research.