(TheForceField.net) April 27, 2009 – AMD announced last week that it would accelerate its roadmap with an early release of its six-core Opteron processor this June and plans to ship a 16-core processor in 2011.
AMD made the announcement at the "AMD Opteron processor Sixth Anniversary event in Sunnydale, California.
A six-core Opteron processor, code-named "Istanbul", is set for release this June. According to AMD the new processor increases performance by 30% over AMD Opteron quad-core processors currently available.
The company said it plans to release the AMD Opteron 6000 "Magny-Cours" processor in 2010. The Magny-Cours will be designed for 2P and 4P servers and will have 8 and 12 cores. The "Interlagos" processor is scheduled to debut in 2011 and will feature 12 and 16 cores. The Interlagos will be built on 32nm technology.
"We’re currently working on new processors which we expect will deliver more than 35 times the performance of the original single-core AMD Opteron processor released in 2003,” Patrick Patla, AMD vice president and general manager, Server/Workstation Business, was quoted as saying in a press release. “With our wide range of available power bands and performance capabilities, AMD is delivering full featured, maximum value at every price point today, and plans to continue to do so well into the future.”
AMD reported a Q1 loss of $416 million.