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AMD Opteron Due In April

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the grain-of-salt-please dept.

updog writes "Here's an article from Infoworld claiming that the new 64-bit AMD Opteron is ready to launch on April 22. Some of the notable features of the new chip are an address space capable of addressing up to 1 Terabyte of memory, the ability to link up to 8 processors without any external chips, and backwards compatibility with existing 32-bit applications ..." PapaFSmurf, meanwhile, links to a disclaimer-heavy article posted at amdboard.com which says that 64-bit Athlons may arrive in June rather than September as previously expected.

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  1. Whoa by Bluesman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Imagine how fast THE INTERNET is gonna be now!

    TWICE as fast, at least!

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    1. Re:Whoa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think you're confused. Only Intel chips make the internet faster.

  2. AMD's naming scheme... by DJPenguin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Duron? Opteron? Who comes up with these? They sound like types of rubber, or possibly fuel additives...

    1. Re:AMD's naming scheme... by JudgeFurious · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think they sound like Decepticons personally but maybe that's just too much time spent watching Transformers as a kid.

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    2. Re:AMD's naming scheme... by IAR80 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Let me remind you of Celeron, Deshutches, Klamath, Mendocino .... It might be the same guy!

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    3. Re:AMD's naming scheme... by misof · · Score: 2, Funny

      Duron, Opteron.. I suppose the next one will be called Moron ;)
      (after considering other names like Dodecahedron, Rhododendron, CowboyNeal-drone, etc.)

  3. Oh wonderful...I just upgraded by Guysdrinkingbeer · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, I ma not making a joke. Yesterday, Friday March 15 2003 I bought my new Soyo KT400 Dragon motherboard and a AMD 2600 Athlon with 333 bus. I have been cutting edge for 24 hours.
    I never will win.

    On a more positive note, any body know of motherboards for these monsters yet?

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    1. Re:Oh wonderful...I just upgraded by Dylan2000 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think a lot of AMD users are misguided if they think 64bit chips are going to be what most users would call "afforardable" in the next year.

      I'm an AMD user
      I don't believe I'm misguided
      I know many computer users
      I don't know one person who has referred to the chip professionally, casually, verbally, or in any other form, as "afforardable".

      Where are you getting your informatinion?

      sorry, couldn't resist ;)

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  4. No Matter How Much Ram You Have by The+Analog+Kid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows is still going to use the swap file.

  5. Re:Only 1 TB? by JamieF · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, if you like storage systems that can hold >1024 TB...

    does that make you a "peta-phile"?

    Yuk yuk yuk.

  6. Re:Where are they getting this information? by fobbman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why are you doubting them? It's on /. now, and that's all the proof that I need.

  7. Re:What about intel by TheRaven64 · · Score: 2, Funny
    What about news on their rival procs

    The article did include all details of all 64-bit Intel CPUs which are backwards compatible with x86 CPUs without emulation.

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  8. Re:32 compatibility mode vs. true 64 bit apps... by Luyseyal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh man, I'm so excited about:

    gimp2.0_x86-64 provides gimp
    gimp2.0_x86-32 provides gimp

    yes, the little things in life...
    -l

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  9. No nice uptime for Opterons by G3ckoG33k · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sorry, the uptime for Opterons will be worse than any 64-bit competitor. Why? you may ask. Basically, there are two reasons: ut2k3 and CS, both of which run natively on x86-64. So, what will all vigilant admins do? Just a guess.