Advanced Micro Devices’ dual-core server processors to be released in mid-2005 will consume from 30W to 95W of power and will operate at core-speeds of 1.60GHz to 2.40GHz, according to data presumably sent by AMD to its partners among server components makers.
AMD’s High-End Dual-Core to Operate at 2.40GHz with 95W TDP
According to a report from
The Inquirer web-site, dual-core AMD Opteron processors will be supplied in 30W, 55W and 95W thermal envelopes. AMD Opteron 160, 260 and 860 chips that consume only about 30W of power will operate at 1.60GHz. AMD Opteron processors 170, 270 and 870 are claimed to work at 2.00GHz, while AMD Opteron products 175, 275 and 875 will function at 2.20GHz; both x70 and x75 chips have TDP of 55W. AMD Opteron processors that have TDP of 95W, such as 175, 275, 875 and 180, 280 and 880 will operate at 2.20GHz and 2.40GHz, the article suggests.
Clock-speeds of 2.20GHz and 2.40GHz are currently considered as high-end of expectations and may be released later than the rest of the chips. Still, the web-site claims the products are to be launched in 2005, even though it does not indicate, whether in mid-2005, or later-2005.
Thermal Design Power of 95W is only slightly above compared to today’s single-core AMD Opteron chips at 2.40GHz produced at 130nm process technology and even slightly below today’s Intel Xeon processors which have TDP of 103W. AMD’s dual-core Opteron microprocessors are expected to be made using 90nm fabrication process.
AMD’s officials did not comment on the story.
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