http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/ Engadget Comments for AMD 12-core Opterons leaked ahead of launch? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Glad to see this coming. ]]>Mar 23rd 2010 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Intel offers the best CPUs between 200-1000$ (well, if you're buying a 1000$ CPU, I'm pretty sure you're buying Intel) and AMD offers the best on the lower end. It's just that... i7's are so damn sexy. Even their name... is just mesmerizing. ]]>Mar 23rd 2010 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/
Who says they're out of it?

AMD beats intel at every price point below $200.

And when you by a $120 processor the average joe won't use half that power. ]]>Mar 23rd 2010 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/
I'm speaking of the market at the moment. But that's Intel's monopoly - not AMD's fault.
I'd like to see them re-live the legacy that they once had in the computer gaming realm. The AMD / ATi combination really isn't a rival to Intel / NVidia.]]>Mar 23rd 2010 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/
I'm rooting for AMD and totally hope their newer line can match Intel with a lower price-point, because then we'd actually get some competition here.
]]>Mar 23rd 2010 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 24th 2010 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 24th 2010 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 24th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 23rd 2010 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 23rd 2010 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 23rd 2010 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/
This particular X12 (6128SE) has 8 cores. Not 12. Either Provatage is wrong about about the chip's info or AMD is playing with our heads.]]>Mar 23rd 2010 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/
Either way, that 8 core one is a steal :D]]>Mar 23rd 2010 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 23rd 2010 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 23rd 2010 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 23rd 2010 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 23rd 2010 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 23rd 2010 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 23rd 2010 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 24th 2010 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 23rd 2010 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/gaming duhhhhhh]]>Mar 23rd 2010 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Aside from gaming, I'd mention databases and virtual machines.
I'm sure I could find something to keep those cores busy pretty fast.
I'm not that sure how can I get the $$$ for it, though...]]>Mar 24th 2010 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 23rd 2010 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/
Got a nice set of ballistix ram that would scream with that cpu... the "g34" socket is quite strange... i have never heard of it before]]>Mar 23rd 2010 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 24th 2010 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 24th 2010 1:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/I don't care that they arent intel fast. Thats going to be the hotness right there.
]]>Mar 24th 2010 2:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 24th 2010 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Check out these two boards:
http://www.semiaccurate.com/2009/06/01/first-amd-g43-boards-spotted/

Drool on!]]>Mar 24th 2010 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/
I wrote that it has a different socket, because @ircmaxell in his post wrote "The interesting thing about this, is it's still using the socket F connector"]]>Mar 24th 2010 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/amd-12-core-opterons-leaked-ahead-of-launch/Mar 24th 2010 8:37AM