AMD's Quad-Core "Shanghai" Server Opterons Go 45nm, Desktop
Version In '09AMD's just revealed its quad-core Opteron chips
manufactured with its new 45nm process. Based on the "Barcelona"
chipset, the new "Shanghai" chips have a few extra tweaks: the
L3 cache has risen from 2 to 6MB, giving it about 35% boosted
power performance over the previous generation. The new chips
also have better power management, meaning they can draw up to
35% less power under idle conditions, are compatible with
DDR2-800 memory for faster memory accessing, and are backwards
compatible with existing Socket-1207 mounting. These 75W server
chips are out now, between 2.3 and 2.7 GHz clock speeds, and a
desktop variety, dubbed "Dragon" is due early 2009. [AMD and
PCWatch]