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Athlon 64 Delayed Until September
News It also announced the official launch date of the server version of the Athlon 64 -- called Opteron -- which will debut on 22 April in New York City. On the server side, AMD has been demonstrating various flavours of Linux as well as Windows for...
[January 31, 2003, 13:07]
Microsoft Teases AMD Over 64bit .Net Server
News Microsoft is playing wait-and-see with AMD's 64-bit Opteron processor. Beta versions of .Net Server already exist for the 64 bit Opteron, and were on show at AMD's stand at IT Forum, as well as at Supercomputing 2002 in Baltimore, but Valentine...
[November 22, 2002, 11:40]
Nvidia Upgrades Software To 64-bit
News Nvidia has released its first graphics drivers that take advantage of the 64-bit processing capabilities of AMD's latest processors; the Athlon 64 and the Opteron. The final release of 64-bit Windows for Athlon and Opteron has been delayed until...
[October 24, 2003, 16:40]
Dell Opteron Sale 'an Anomaly'
News He added, however, that Dell tests every AMD chip, including its new 64-bit Opteron processor, in its labs. The advert on Dell's Web site, for a $869.47 Opteron 148 processor running at 2.2GHz, is little more than an anomaly, according to the source.
[March 24, 2004, 16:02]
Dedicated Windows OS For 64-bit AMD
News Opteron, the first of the two 64-bit chips to debut from AMD, will launch later this month at an event in New York. Microsoft said on Tuesday that it will offer a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003 for AMD's Opteron server chip.
[April 9, 2003, 15:16]
Intel's Itanium: A Leap Too Far?
Leader AMD meanwhile snatched the crown with its Opteron launch a year and half ago, which offered a much more comfortable upgrade path to 64-bit computing. This is partly why AMD's strategy with its 64-bit Opteron processors seems like such a stroke of...
[September 8, 2004, 13:05]
AMD's New Chip: Metaron?
News Metaron and Opteron do not have other trademarks to deal with, but some of the other names aren't so lucky. The applications, for the names Metaron and Opteron, were filed in March; they supplement applications filed last December, for AMD Forteon...
[April 12, 2002, 13:54]
Sun Plans Opteron Software Support
News Sun Microsystems' software products will support Advanced Micro Devices' new Opteron processor -- but not initially the chip's 64-bit capabilities that distinguish it from rival Intel processors. The move is an endorsement for Opteron, a processor...
[April 22, 2003, 10:46]
AMD Broadens Opteron's Reach
News The chipmaker launched the Opteron Model 846, designed for servers with 4 or 8 processors, and the Opteron Model 146 for single-processor machines. They join the Opteron Model 246, a 2GHz chip designed for dual-processor servers, which debuted in...
[September 9, 2003, 16:10]
HP To Confirm Opteron Server
News Sun Microsystems has a more aggressive plan, which includes the release of dual-Opteron machines in April, the launch of four- and eight-processor successors and the planned acquisition of Opteron specialist Kealia.
[February 24, 2004, 7:45]
AMD Makes Its Mark On Opteron
News The chipmaker on Tuesday launched a new logo programme designed to help identify products that contain its Opteron workstation and server processor and its forthcoming Athlon 64 processor for PCs. Last week, AMD boosted the chip to 2GHz with...
[August 12, 2003, 16:35]
AMD's Dual-core Plans Keep Heat On Intel
News At AMD, the Athlon 64, Athlon FX and Opteron processors are already being manufactured on a 130nm process. Dr William Siegel, AMD’s chief scientist, told ZDNet UK at the launch of the Athlon 64 in Cannes, France, on Tuesday that the company will...
[September 24, 2003, 11:40]
MandrakeSoft Eyes Up AMD's Opteron
News The announcement is a boost for AMD's x86-64 architecture, which will power the Opteron server processor next year and a new Athlon desktop chip near the end of this year. The software will become available early next year, when Opteron is also set...
[June 28, 2002, 17:02]
Chip Glitch Hampers Latest Xeon Launch
News The 64-bit extensions arriving in Nocona provide easier access to more than 4GB of memory and follow in the footsteps of technology already in Opteron server chips from Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices.
[July 30, 2004, 9:00]
HP To Unsheathe Opteron Blades
News The most eager partner is Sun, which has passed HP as AMD's top Opteron customer and which plans an eight-processor server and other new systems in coming months. The Opteron 252 will run at 2.6GHz and boost the speed of the HyperTransport...
[February 11, 2005, 8:25]
IBM Embraces Opteron Across The Server Line
News But that processor effectively couldn't run software designed for x86 chips such as Pentium or Opteron. Even Dell has decided to add Opteron servers, announcing in May it will sell a four-processor model.
[August 2, 2006, 9:35]
Dual-core Opterons To Debut Early
News Opteron was the first to bring 64-bit extensions that make it easy for x86 chips to accommodate more than 4GB of memory, a feature that only arrived in all Intel's rival Xeon processor models in March.
[April 8, 2005, 8:55]
HP Slip-up Reveals Athlon64 Details
News Some budget models will come with 256KB of cache, according to sources, while the performance-oriented chips will feature 1MB of cache, as do their server counterparts in the Opteron line. The Opteron topped out at 1.8GHz when it came out in April.
[June 19, 2003, 7:26]
Microsoft Previews 64-bit Operating System
News Microsoft now offers a public preview of its 64-bit operating system for computers based on Advanced Micro Devices' Athlon 64 and Opteron processors. Sun Microsystems plans to begin selling Opteron servers this month, and Hewlett-Packard is...
[February 5, 2004, 8:15]
Dell Gives 64-bit Processors Another Chance
News Earlier this week, IBM revealed its design for a rack-mount server based on Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron, a rival to the new Itanium 2 chips. The Texas-based PC maker said on Wednesday it would begin selling the PowerEdge 3250, which is a server...
[June 26, 2003, 9:25]
