AMD announced the Opteron series of six-core server chips

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competition in the market to further upgrade. Recently, AMD announced the Opteron series of six-core server chips, the new product named "Istanbul" (Istanbul).

AMD side said that the first six-core processors to support its OEM vendors are Cray, Dell, HP, IBM and LTC1257IS8 price and Sun, are expected to begin this month, six-core-based AMD Opteron processor-based systems, but in the domestic market , dawn, waves, Lenovo and LTC1257IS8 suppliers and other server companies did not follow up the first time. AMD did not give respect to this explanation. The introduction of the new AMD precisely to seize the blank fields, and compared to Intels six-core, AMD in the possession of certain performance and power advantages, and are able to more affordable prices to compete with the Nehalem processors. AMDs inspired

but might be short-lived fleeting, because Intel is expected to be launched in the first quarter of 2010 eight-core Nehalem EX chip. Intel spokesman said the company has the confidence to continue to maintain their leading position in various fields.

Analysts believe that both sides of the tug of war in the short term will not affect their market share. Istanbul chip will help AMD to catch up and shorten the gap with Intel, but do not think that this alone can make AMD chips over Intel. On the performance, Intel can hardly be exceeded, and they themselves are still developing more advanced technology, which allows each core can handle multiple instructions that AMD can not do it.