AMD Opteron Coverage - Part 1: Intro to Opteron/K8 Architecture

Final Words

After two years of waiting, we finally have hardware to back up all the claims AMD has been making with regards to Opteron. We are still several months away from the desktop release with Athlon 64, but as you'll see from our other articles, the performance could be worth waiting for - assuming AMD can ramp up clock speeds.

The Opteron has the architecture behind it to threaten Intel's Xeon line, but when pulled off the paper and placed in the real world, can AMD put the money with their mouth is? Find out in Part 2 of our Opteron coverage where we benchmark the CPU in enterprise environments…