Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsAMD may be busy sorting out issues with
its quad-core Phenoms and hard at work on "completely different" chip
architectures, but that isn't stopping the company from aggressively
updating its roadmap, announcing today plans for 6- and 12-core
server-grade Opterons. Both the new 6-core chip, codenamed Sao Paulo,
and the 12-core unit, codenamed Magny-Cours, are based on a brand-new
platform called "Maranello," and slotting in to replace the planned
8-core Barcelona chip, which appears to have been canceled. According
to AMD, 12-core chips are easier to manufacture, so it's going to skip
over 8-core chips and go straight to the good stuff. That must be news
to Intel, which is planning on shipping 8-core Nehalem chips later this
year, and will probably then hold the coveted "number-of-cores" crown
until AMD releases the 12-core chips in 2010. There's no word on
whether any of these chips can make these processor roadmaps
comprehensible or even chronological, but we can dream, can't we?
[Via TG Daily]
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