AMD Unveils "Barcelona" Architecture

jmke · 8th September 2007, 11:11

AMD is prepared to launch its next-generation Barcelona CPU architecture this Monday. Barcelona is the first K8-based product to feature a substantial amount of architectural changes since the original launch of AMD’s Opteron and Athlon 64 processors. Substantial architectural changes aside, Barcelona features evolutionary enhancements to the existing K8.

Barcelona is the company’s first quad-core CPU architecture and features a native quad-core design. Intel’s previously released Clovertown, Kentsfield and upcoming Harpertown and Yorkfield quad-core processors feature two Core-architecture dies on a single package – effectively quad-core, however, not a native design like Barcelona.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6299

8th September 2007, 11:11	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	AMD Unveils "Barcelona" Architecture AMD is prepared to launch its next-generation Barcelona CPU architecture this Monday. Barcelona is the first K8-based product to feature a substantial amount of architectural changes since the original launch of AMD’s Opteron and Athlon 64 processors. Substantial architectural changes aside, Barcelona features evolutionary enhancements to the existing K8. Barcelona is the company’s first quad-core CPU architecture and features a native quad-core design. Intel’s previously released Clovertown, Kentsfield and upcoming Harpertown and Yorkfield quad-core processors feature two Core-architecture dies on a single package – effectively quad-core, however, not a native design like Barcelona. http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6299 __________________

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