It no secret to anyone anymore that AMD and Intel has rolled out their six-core processors for desktop platforms.!!!!
At this point six-core server CPUs are available from both manufacturers. AMD Company offers six-core Opteron processors known as Istanbul that are based on 45 nm semiconductor die, similar in microarchitecture to dies used in Phenom II processor series. As for Intel, they have six-core Xeon processors from Dunnington family, also based on 45 nm monolithic die that is made of three Core 2 Duo-like dies joined together .
The first six-core desktop processor from this company aka Gulftown( intel) should come out in H2 2010. It will be an LGA1366 solution with a 32nm monolithic core on Westmere microarchitecture (next Nehalem generation).
AMD plans to release five six-core desktop products this year, as part of its Thuban family of CPUs. These inlcude the 125W Phenom II X6 1075T (6x521 L2, 6MB L3, 125W), two versions of the Phenom II X6 1055T with 125W and 95W TDPs (6x512 L2, 6MB L3) and the the Phenom II X6 1035T (6x512 L2, 6MB L3, 95W). AMD is also planning to release the quad-core Phenom II X4 960T (4x512 L2, 6MB L3, 95W) sometime in Q2, which is dubbed 'Zosma.' Although specific frequencies foe these chips has not been unveiled, they are expected to top at the 2.8GHz.
The new chips will most probably be manufactures using thw 45nm process.
MODELS
Future AMD PROCESSORS(server):
AMD is arming itself in 2010 with the 4-6 core Lisbon, and the 8-12 core Magny-Cours. In this section we’ll not only take a closer look at their designs, but we’ll also take a peek at Valencia and Interlagos, two Opterons based on AMD’s next-gen bulldozer architecture, which will begin sampling to OEMs in 2010.
This platform is based on the new AMD Opteron 6100 Series processor (code-named "Magny-Cours") and the AMD SR5690 chipset and will bring 8- and 12-core x86 processors to the market.
The Magny-cour CPUs will fit server systems with two or four sockets, enabling them to replace the existing Opteron 1000, 2000 and 8000 chips. Magny-Cours will have 12-cores, four-channel memory controllers, high-speed inter-chip interconnections and they will be compatible with AMD's third-generation Socket G34 platform. The CPUs will be clocked at 1.7-2.3GHz range and have an average power consumption of 85W, 115W, and 140W. The 8-core variables will be clocked at 1.8-2.4GHz.
AMD 12-core Magny-Cours processors will launch in the first quarter of 2010. A 16-core, 32nm successor based on the next-gen Bulldozer architecture will follow in 2011, as well.
1.Lisbon
Family: Stars (Phenom II)
Cores: 4 to 6
Process: 45nm
Socket: C32
Memory: Dual channel DDR3
Platform: San Marino
Role(s): Workstations, web serving, cloud computing and infrastructure
Launch date: 1Q10
If you’re looking to build a render box or do a little web serving with the green team in 2010, Lisbon is your go-to chip. Featuring dual channel DDR3, 4-6 cores, low TDPs and slotting into the most inexpensive SMP platform AMD offers, Lisbon is a rather modern and relatively inexpensive solution.
2.Magny-Cours
Family: Stars (Phenom II)
Cores: 8-12
Process: 45nm
Socket: G34
Memory: Quad channel DDR3
Platform: Maranello
Role(s): HPC, clusters, virtualization
Launch date: 1Q10
The Magny-Cours is an exceptionally neat processor that combines two hexa core Istanbul Opterons with a HyperTransport link. Pull off the die cover, shown right, and you’d find two independent CPU dies–this architecture is known as an MCM, or multi-chip module.
While all signs point to a launch frequency of 1700-2100MHz, we know concretely that it will ship with 128K L1 per core, 512k L2 per core and 10MB shared L3, along with power management functions that can take the chip as low as 800MHz.
As we also suggested, Magny-Cours is a monster when it comes to parallel processing. The following image shows an 1700MHz Magny plowing through 32 million digits of Pi in less than 6.5 seconds–a 3600MHz Core i7 takes 24 seconds.
3.Valencia
Family: Bulldozer
Cores: 6 or 8
Process: 32nm
Socket: C32
Memory: (Dual channel DDR3?)
Platform: San Marino
Role: Workstations, web serving, cloud computing and infrastructure
Launch date: 4Q10-1Q11
Valencia is one of two processors based on AMD’s upcoming Bulldozer architecture that the firm will begin sampling in 2010, and launch in 2011. The subtleties of Bulldozer are legion, but major benefits include even better parallel performance, lower temperatures, lower power consumption, clock for clock performance enhancements, and improved floating point performance.
Valencia and its big brother, Interlagos, are particularly innovative chips explicitly designed for the kinds of demands servers make. And, as an added perk, AMD has already suggested that Valencia CPUs are drop-in upgrades for today’s Lisbon chips.
4.Interlagos
Family: Bulldozer
Cores: 12 or 16
Process: 32nm
Socket: G34
Memory: (Quad channel DDR3?)
Platform: Maranello
Role: HPC, clusters, virtualization
Launch date: 4Q10-1Q11
As implied, Interlagos adds additional Bulldozer module to bump the core count to a maximum of 16. If you thought Magny-Cours had outstanding parallel performance, wait until Interlagos numbers start filtering into the public. VM nerds are going to bust a nut.
INTEL
MODEL
Intel's Gulftown hexa-core Core i7-980X aka Core i9: Rs50000 apprx
In January Intel introduced the first 32 nanometer processors in form of the Clarkdale CPUs which are based on the Westmere architecture. The up to now fastest Nehalem CPU, the Core i7-975 XE, is still produced in 45 nanometers and delivers four cores plus SMT. Now Intel makes full use of the modern production process and offers the first 32 nanometer 6-core processor:
The Core i7-980X, codename Gulftown, chip features six 32nm cores clocked at 3.33GHz, reaching a maximum Turbo Boost clock speed of 3.6GHz for single-threaded operations, it has a massive 12MB L3 cache, and is capable of running 12 threads simultaneously with Intel's Hyper-threading
It has SMT twelve logical threads. The L3 cache is 12 MiByte big (Bloomfield: 8 MiByte). The amount of Level 1 and Level 2 cache is not changed: L1 stays at 64 KiByte per core and L2 at 256 KiByte 256 KiByte
Despite offering 50% more cores and 50% more cache than previous generation Bloomfield processors, the new Core i7 980X maintains the same 130W power envelope thanks to the newer 32nm process. It also shares the same LGA-1366 socket, so the chip will be fully compatible with existing X58 motherboards after a bios update.
FUTURE OF INTEL PROCESSOR
If you think dual and quad core CPU’s were something special, think again…
Intel plans to release the "Boxboro" platform powered by the "Tujwilla and Poulson processors in 2010 and afterwards. Boxboro is expected to replace the currently available Itaniun 9100 series.
The Boxboro platform will be also powered by the new Nehalem -EX processor and later in 2010 by the 32nm Westmere -EX CPU.
Intel's 45nm Xeon 5500 series will be also be replaced by the 23nm Westmere-EP CPU.
The "heart" of the entry level sequence for servers will be the "Foxhollow" platform, powered by 32nm Clarkdale CPUs - which pack a GPU inside - and the Intel 3400 chipset.
The company plans to introduce the Sandy Bridge platform in 2011
Intel is claiming as much as a doubling of performance. A “doubling” compared to what is currently unclear, but one could assume Intel is referring to the current Nehalem architecture.
The Sandy Bridge parts will be based on a 32nm manufacturing process and will have an on die graphics processor. The CPU core will be capable of clocks up to 4GHz and some models will have eight cores. ATI and Nvidia plan to move to 28nm graphics cores, which would leave Intel the only purveyor of 32nm cores.
We’d all love to see a doubling of performance over the poor Intel HD graphics found in the current Nehalem line. Only time will tell if this is just more wild speculation.
Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini flaunted a silicon wafer containing the world’s first working chip built on a 22nm process at the ongoing Intel Developer Conference in San Francisco.
"At Intel, Moore's Law is alive and thriving," an upbeat Otellini said. The 22nm chip has around 2.9 billion transistors tightly packed into an area as small as a fingernail. Besides parading silicon, Otellini announced that the production of its 32nm “Westmere” chip is underway and remains on track for a Q4 2009 release.
The new chip will combine a 32nm CPU and a 45nm integrated graphics core in the same package, though on separate dies.
But Sandy Bridge, a new microarchitecture that will be introduced in late 2010, will feature “a sixth generation graphics core on the same die as the processor core and includes AVX instructions for floating point, media, and processor intensive software.”
-KNIFER-T
At this point six-core server CPUs are available from both manufacturers. AMD Company offers six-core Opteron processors known as Istanbul that are based on 45 nm semiconductor die, similar in microarchitecture to dies used in Phenom II processor series. As for Intel, they have six-core Xeon processors from Dunnington family, also based on 45 nm monolithic die that is made of three Core 2 Duo-like dies joined together .
The first six-core desktop processor from this company aka Gulftown( intel) should come out in H2 2010. It will be an LGA1366 solution with a 32nm monolithic core on Westmere microarchitecture (next Nehalem generation).
AMD plans to release five six-core desktop products this year, as part of its Thuban family of CPUs. These inlcude the 125W Phenom II X6 1075T (6x521 L2, 6MB L3, 125W), two versions of the Phenom II X6 1055T with 125W and 95W TDPs (6x512 L2, 6MB L3) and the the Phenom II X6 1035T (6x512 L2, 6MB L3, 95W). AMD is also planning to release the quad-core Phenom II X4 960T (4x512 L2, 6MB L3, 95W) sometime in Q2, which is dubbed 'Zosma.' Although specific frequencies foe these chips has not been unveiled, they are expected to top at the 2.8GHz.
The new chips will most probably be manufactures using thw 45nm process.
MODELS
- Phenom II X6 Six Core( HEX CORE)
- 1090T Black Edition: 125(W), AM3 Socket, 9MB Cache, 3.2 GHz Freq Rs14000 apprx
- 1055T: 125(W), AM3 Socket, 9MB Cache, 2.8 GHz Freq Rs10000 apprx
- X6 1035T X6 1075T and the X6 1095T
Future AMD PROCESSORS(server):
AMD is arming itself in 2010 with the 4-6 core Lisbon, and the 8-12 core Magny-Cours. In this section we’ll not only take a closer look at their designs, but we’ll also take a peek at Valencia and Interlagos, two Opterons based on AMD’s next-gen bulldozer architecture, which will begin sampling to OEMs in 2010.
This platform is based on the new AMD Opteron 6100 Series processor (code-named "Magny-Cours") and the AMD SR5690 chipset and will bring 8- and 12-core x86 processors to the market.
The Magny-cour CPUs will fit server systems with two or four sockets, enabling them to replace the existing Opteron 1000, 2000 and 8000 chips. Magny-Cours will have 12-cores, four-channel memory controllers, high-speed inter-chip interconnections and they will be compatible with AMD's third-generation Socket G34 platform. The CPUs will be clocked at 1.7-2.3GHz range and have an average power consumption of 85W, 115W, and 140W. The 8-core variables will be clocked at 1.8-2.4GHz.
AMD 12-core Magny-Cours processors will launch in the first quarter of 2010. A 16-core, 32nm successor based on the next-gen Bulldozer architecture will follow in 2011, as well.
1.Lisbon
Family: Stars (Phenom II)
Cores: 4 to 6
Process: 45nm
Socket: C32
Memory: Dual channel DDR3
Platform: San Marino
Role(s): Workstations, web serving, cloud computing and infrastructure
Launch date: 1Q10
If you’re looking to build a render box or do a little web serving with the green team in 2010, Lisbon is your go-to chip. Featuring dual channel DDR3, 4-6 cores, low TDPs and slotting into the most inexpensive SMP platform AMD offers, Lisbon is a rather modern and relatively inexpensive solution.
2.Magny-Cours
Family: Stars (Phenom II)
Cores: 8-12
Process: 45nm
Socket: G34
Memory: Quad channel DDR3
Platform: Maranello
Role(s): HPC, clusters, virtualization
Launch date: 1Q10
The Magny-Cours is an exceptionally neat processor that combines two hexa core Istanbul Opterons with a HyperTransport link. Pull off the die cover, shown right, and you’d find two independent CPU dies–this architecture is known as an MCM, or multi-chip module.
While all signs point to a launch frequency of 1700-2100MHz, we know concretely that it will ship with 128K L1 per core, 512k L2 per core and 10MB shared L3, along with power management functions that can take the chip as low as 800MHz.
As we also suggested, Magny-Cours is a monster when it comes to parallel processing. The following image shows an 1700MHz Magny plowing through 32 million digits of Pi in less than 6.5 seconds–a 3600MHz Core i7 takes 24 seconds.
3.Valencia
Family: Bulldozer
Cores: 6 or 8
Process: 32nm
Socket: C32
Memory: (Dual channel DDR3?)
Platform: San Marino
Role: Workstations, web serving, cloud computing and infrastructure
Launch date: 4Q10-1Q11
Valencia is one of two processors based on AMD’s upcoming Bulldozer architecture that the firm will begin sampling in 2010, and launch in 2011. The subtleties of Bulldozer are legion, but major benefits include even better parallel performance, lower temperatures, lower power consumption, clock for clock performance enhancements, and improved floating point performance.
Valencia and its big brother, Interlagos, are particularly innovative chips explicitly designed for the kinds of demands servers make. And, as an added perk, AMD has already suggested that Valencia CPUs are drop-in upgrades for today’s Lisbon chips.
4.Interlagos
Family: Bulldozer
Cores: 12 or 16
Process: 32nm
Socket: G34
Memory: (Quad channel DDR3?)
Platform: Maranello
Role: HPC, clusters, virtualization
Launch date: 4Q10-1Q11
As implied, Interlagos adds additional Bulldozer module to bump the core count to a maximum of 16. If you thought Magny-Cours had outstanding parallel performance, wait until Interlagos numbers start filtering into the public. VM nerds are going to bust a nut.
INTEL
MODEL
Intel's Gulftown hexa-core Core i7-980X aka Core i9: Rs50000 apprx
In January Intel introduced the first 32 nanometer processors in form of the Clarkdale CPUs which are based on the Westmere architecture. The up to now fastest Nehalem CPU, the Core i7-975 XE, is still produced in 45 nanometers and delivers four cores plus SMT. Now Intel makes full use of the modern production process and offers the first 32 nanometer 6-core processor:
The Core i7-980X, codename Gulftown, chip features six 32nm cores clocked at 3.33GHz, reaching a maximum Turbo Boost clock speed of 3.6GHz for single-threaded operations, it has a massive 12MB L3 cache, and is capable of running 12 threads simultaneously with Intel's Hyper-threading
It has SMT twelve logical threads. The L3 cache is 12 MiByte big (Bloomfield: 8 MiByte). The amount of Level 1 and Level 2 cache is not changed: L1 stays at 64 KiByte per core and L2 at 256 KiByte 256 KiByte
Despite offering 50% more cores and 50% more cache than previous generation Bloomfield processors, the new Core i7 980X maintains the same 130W power envelope thanks to the newer 32nm process. It also shares the same LGA-1366 socket, so the chip will be fully compatible with existing X58 motherboards after a bios update.
FUTURE OF INTEL PROCESSOR
If you think dual and quad core CPU’s were something special, think again…
Intel plans to release the "Boxboro" platform powered by the "Tujwilla and Poulson processors in 2010 and afterwards. Boxboro is expected to replace the currently available Itaniun 9100 series.
The Boxboro platform will be also powered by the new Nehalem -EX processor and later in 2010 by the 32nm Westmere -EX CPU.
Intel's 45nm Xeon 5500 series will be also be replaced by the 23nm Westmere-EP CPU.
The "heart" of the entry level sequence for servers will be the "Foxhollow" platform, powered by 32nm Clarkdale CPUs - which pack a GPU inside - and the Intel 3400 chipset.
The company plans to introduce the Sandy Bridge platform in 2011
Intel is claiming as much as a doubling of performance. A “doubling” compared to what is currently unclear, but one could assume Intel is referring to the current Nehalem architecture.
The Sandy Bridge parts will be based on a 32nm manufacturing process and will have an on die graphics processor. The CPU core will be capable of clocks up to 4GHz and some models will have eight cores. ATI and Nvidia plan to move to 28nm graphics cores, which would leave Intel the only purveyor of 32nm cores.
We’d all love to see a doubling of performance over the poor Intel HD graphics found in the current Nehalem line. Only time will tell if this is just more wild speculation.
Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini flaunted a silicon wafer containing the world’s first working chip built on a 22nm process at the ongoing Intel Developer Conference in San Francisco.
"At Intel, Moore's Law is alive and thriving," an upbeat Otellini said. The 22nm chip has around 2.9 billion transistors tightly packed into an area as small as a fingernail. Besides parading silicon, Otellini announced that the production of its 32nm “Westmere” chip is underway and remains on track for a Q4 2009 release.
The new chip will combine a 32nm CPU and a 45nm integrated graphics core in the same package, though on separate dies.
But Sandy Bridge, a new microarchitecture that will be introduced in late 2010, will feature “a sixth generation graphics core on the same die as the processor core and includes AVX instructions for floating point, media, and processor intensive software.”
-KNIFER-T
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