AMD launches Opteron processor 800 series

AMD has announced an expansion of its family of Opteron processors with the new AMD Opteron processor 800 series, for 4-way and 8-way servers and the 100 series, for 1-way servers and workstations. AMD Opteron processors are designed to enable an easy migration to 64-bit computing for enterprise and small and medium businesses as their needs require, while maintaining backward compatibility with 32-bit applications. They are based on the industry-standard x86 instruction set.

The 800 series is scalable for up to 8-way servers and can meet customers' long-range computing needs for enterprise infrastructure and applications by offering a simplified, non-proprietary server platform. 4P servers based on the 800 Series offer the world's highest performance according to previously released benchmarks from the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC). 

The Opteron processor 100 series is targeted at 1P server applications, such as those used by Internet and application service providers, and intensive workstation applications such as engineering and digital content creation software. Based on AMD64 architecture, both the AMD Opteron processor 100 series and 800 series offer increased bandwidth and reduced memory latency through HyperTransport technology and an integrated DDR memory controller.

In 1,000-unit quantities, the Opteron processor Model 840 is $749, the AMD Opteron processor Model 842 is $1299 and the Model 844 is $2149. Also in 1,000-unit quantities, the Opteron processor Model 140 is $229, the Model 142 is $438 and the Model 144 is $669. 

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