AMD finally getting "B3" Opterons out the door

It hasn't exactly been the speediest of turnarounds but, according to Daily Tech, AMD is now finally getting its updated B3 stepping Opteron processors out into the hands of system integrators, making them the first K10-based Opteron processors to ship since the so-called TLB bug cropped up last December. What's more, while there's apparently only hard evidence of the Opterons (pictured at right), Daily Tech says that the B3 stepping Phenom processors are now shipping as well. Those will each obviously be heading to OEMs first, but vendors like Newegg will apparently be getting Opterons ranging from 1.8 GHz to 2.4 GHz starting in "early April," while both Phenom and Opteron lines are set to hit 2.6GHz sometime in the fall -- assuming there aren't any further unforeseen delays, that is.

[CraigJ @ Mar 12th 2008 6:03PM]

With a 2006 copyright. You'd think they would update that...

[phanbouy @ Mar 12th 2008 6:06PM]

haha... yeah, AMD's new marketing slogan: "hey... at least we're only 2 years behind!". i think they need some more developers, developers, developers, developers.

[Sameer Surampalli @ Mar 12th 2008 7:04PM]

Not true... My brand new Core 2 Quad Q6600 has a copyright date of 2005. :)

[phanbouy @ Mar 12th 2008 7:06PM]

alright, now who's following me around with 4 browsers open voting me down wherever i have a highly ranked comment? freaking creepy stalkers are out in force on engadget today

[ethana2 @ Mar 12th 2008 8:19PM]

Oh wow, FF3b4, epiphany with gecko nightly, and Konqueror KDE3 and 4 all work today!
...here's one in elinks at you for complaining.

[ethana2 @ Mar 12th 2008 8:22PM]

(just kidding-- you're paranoid.)

[ryan @ Mar 12th 2008 6:22PM]

too little too late, intel is pumping out new processors like its going outta style
at this rate AMD is gonna get to 3.0 Ghz when intel is at 5

[CosterMonger @ Mar 12th 2008 6:31PM]

you don't remember the 3.8Ghz P4?

[ethana2 @ Mar 12th 2008 8:20PM]

We've hit 8GHz with liquid nitrogen. You can't sell them that fast at stock, and there's much more to a processor than GHz.

The two things I look at are architecture and process size. I don't care how 'fast' it is.

[viewsource @ Mar 12th 2008 6:28PM]

Engadget, be more biased.

[Nubaeus @ Mar 12th 2008 6:32PM]

Please don't tempt them.

[Fara @ Mar 12th 2008 6:47PM]

What Was so biased with this post? I could'nt find one sentence of bias.

[ethana2 @ Mar 12th 2008 8:27PM]

It's not like you can't get a mac with an AMD proce...

*slaps forehead*

If AMD made a sparc-derived 64bit processor on 65nm, It'd be the best CPU on earth, that's my opinion. Throw in an ati GPU and X-Fi sound card.. I'd get it just to have a machine where linux is the only OS that can run. And man, run it would.

'till then I may have to settle for a PS3 to fill that niche.

[thethirdmoose @ Mar 13th 2008 1:54AM]

Yes, but then you'd have to recompile everything and... yuck.

[ethana2 @ Mar 12th 2008 8:30PM]

Keep 'em coming, AMD! Maybe you can lay the heat on intel again in 5 years or so... If they get lazy...

[Wwhat @ Mar 13th 2008 6:39AM]

'diffused in germany'? yet 'made in malasyia'?
What?