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AMD pushes 16-core server chip to market
A big number doesn't always win over the market, but it can help. And the number AMD is pinning its hopes on today is 16.
That's the notable number of cores in each of its Opteron 6200 "Interlagos" processors using the new "Bulldozer" architecture. Using an approach that helped Intel reclaim the initiative that the original Opteron stole years ago, the Opteron 6200 actually packages two silicon chips in a single housing and fit into the same socket as the earlier-generation Opteron 6100 models that reached up to 12 cores.
The chips are available … Read more
