AMD's Virtualization Play Shanghai Due After Istanbul

AMD's First 45mm Chip, the Shanghai Version of its Quad-Core Barcelona Server Processor, Is Reportedly In Full Production

By: Maureen O'Gara

Oct. 6, 2008 09:00 PM

AMD’s first 45nm chip, the Shanghai version of its quad-core Barcelona server processor, is reportedly in full production.

The company has reportedly pulled in delivery of two-way and eight-way models from Q1 to any minute now.

Shanghai evidently means a 20% improvement over Barcelona at the same frequencies and a performance-enhancing increase in cache size to 6MB. It only supports HyperTransport 1.0 however.

A desktop version of the widget, called Deneb, will follow.

Of course, most of what Intel ships these days are 45nm parts.

AMD is still a year or more away from a six-core chip like Intel’s Dunnington. It calls that thing Istanbul.

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Maureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025. Twitter: @MaureenOGara

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