Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will release dual-core Opteron processors for servers and workstations in 2005, the same time frame that Intel Corp. plans for its first dual-core products, an AMD executive said Monday. The Direct Connect architecture used to build the Opteron processor makes it easy for AMD's designers to place two processor cores on the same silicon die, said Ben Williams, vice president of AMD's server and workstation business. Opteron features an integrated memory controller and Hypertransport interconnects that can connect the processor to the I/O port or directly to another processor, he said.

AMD will release more details about its dual-core processors as it approaches their release in 2005, Williams said. Several chip makers are looking to dual-core designs as a way to increase the performance of next-generation processors without the constraints imposed by rising levels of power consumption in single-core processors. Two common methods of improving the performance of a single-core chip are increasing clock speed or adding cache memory, both of which require more power.

News source: InfoWorld

What's NEW :

Version 3.70 ( 15 May 2004 )

  • NEW Automatic Channel Scanning 'by frequency', where you can choose the frequency interval and the step (0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.00, 2.00, 5.00, 7.00, 8.00 mhz) of the automatic scan.
  • Improved the automatic channel scanning 'by channel number' and 'by channel table'.
  • Added the option to schedule audio (radio&tv) recording tasks - only in Professional Version.
  • MSI TV @nywhere Cards are fully supported now, for more details on configuring check ChrisTV forum
  • The recording module has been optimized and all known bugs have been removed.
  • In order to help our users to find the solutions to common problems we have added a new Settings Window - ChrisTV Tips & Troubleshooting.
  • ChrisTV Settings Window has been reorganized.
  • Added the option to hide the ChrisTV Takbar button if TV Window is set "Always on Top".
  • ChrisTV Driver Settings Window has been reorganized.
  • Added the option to reInitialize the WDM Driver on ChrisTV start, in order to fix some problems related to : noise (or no proper sound) - Medion TV Cards,no channel detection on channel autoscan or wrong video standard used on ChrisTV launch.
  • Added the option to use a special channel frequency tunning for some TV Cards, like MSI TV @nywhere Cards.
  • Improvements and fixes in the Zoom Module, on some cases the zoom wasn't set corectly after ChrisTV restart when Deinterlace Filter or Image Processing filter was enabled.
  • You can now Zoom to the center of the image by holding down CTRL key and using mousewheel in order to zoom in or out.
  • Added the option to Disable Video Renderer while using Radio Mode, so the CPU ocupancy will be lower, but the channel switch time between TV Mode and Radio Mode could increase.
  • Added the feature to export and import the ChrisTV Channel List to *.chl files.
  • Added the option to hide the channel number in the popupmenu channel list and in the TV OSD.
  • Added the option to choose the Clock Time Format for the OSD Clock.
  • Sleep Timer/Shutdown Function should work properly on all PC's configurations now.
  • Other small fixes and improvements.



    • There are 7 additional comments
    Advertisement
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by kingbob on 17 May 2004 - 20:29
    YAY!
    (1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by Mav Phoenix on 17 May 2004 - 20:51
    Dual core is going to be sweet.

    Perfect for LH.
    Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by MuD on 17 May 2004 - 20:54
    Yep!
    (2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by DsnBehind on 17 May 2004 - 21:06
    Yay! Double the cores, double the price!
    Quote this comment #3.1 Posted by Mav Phoenix on 17 May 2004 - 21:27
    Hopefully not double the heat!
    Quote this comment #3.2 Posted by Surr3al on 18 May 2004 - 16:00
    QUOTE (#3.1)
    Hopefully not double the heat!

    Apparently this will have less heat:
    "By rotating application processing, key transistors will stay cooler, heat will be dispersed over a greater geographic area and overall performance will climb."

    I think what we will be seeing here is lower clocked, yet more efficient processors in the future.
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by amdme2600 on 17 May 2004 - 22:16
    Yea I was also wondering about the heat to. I hope its not you know it might even run cooler with 2 cores since one core is not doing all the work.
    [1]

    Commenting has either been disabled on this article or you are not logged in. Click here to login or register, its free!

    Note: Anonymous commenting is disabled in order to keep the quality of responses to a high standard.


    Scroll to the Top
    ....
    My Preferences
    ....
    Communicating with server
    Loading
    Please Wait...
    ....
    Loading
     X 
    ....