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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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  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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  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.