AnandTech have the early hints on specs from a die shot released today for AMD's first dual core Opterons! Here's a snip.
Continuing to ride the train of success that AMD has had in 2004, AMD is announcing today the completion of design work on their first dual-core Opteron processor and the beginning of the tape-out process for that core. While the first dual core CPUs won't be available until the middle of next year at the earliest, AMD sees the beginning of the first dual core tapeout as a pretty monumental step in their microprocessor evolution. AMD is not providing much information about the new dual core CPUs other than a low-resolution die shot and a roadmap; luckily we can derive a decent amount of information from the die shot, so let's get to it.
First, here's a shot of a current generation 130nm Opteron die:
AMD Begins Tape-Out of first Dual Core Opteron
Continuing to ride the train of success that AMD has had in 2004, AMD is announcing today the completion of design work on their first dual-core Opteron processor and the beginning of the tape-out process for that core. While the first dual core CPUs won't be available until the middle of next year at the earliest, AMD sees the beginning of the first dual core tapeout as a pretty monumental step in their microprocessor evolution. AMD is not providing much information about the new dual core CPUs other than a low-resolution die shot and a roadmap; luckily we can derive a decent amount of information from the die shot, so let's get to it.
First, here's a shot of a current generation 130nm Opteron die:
AMD Begins Tape-Out of first Dual Core Opteron
