Dell is among a number of server makers expected to take advantage of new
Opteron processor offerings from Advanced Micro Devices.
AMD
on Feb. 14 is rolling out five new Opteron 6100 Series chips that offer high
core counts and speed bumps that continue to push the company’s drive for
greater performance and lower power consumption. The new chips include the
12-core 6166 HE for dense form factors and blade systems, the mainstream
Opteron 6176 — AMD officials say the
mainstream chips account for about 80 percent of the Opterons sold — and the 6180
SE, for high-end workloads like HPC
(high-performance computing) and large databases. Frequencies range from 1.8GHz
for the 6166 HE to 2.5GHz for the 6180 SE.
The
new eight-core chips are the Opteron 6140 and 6132 HE. Clock speeds for these
chips processors are 2.2GHz and 2.6GHz, respectively.
“These
are pretty straight-forward speed bumps,” Steve Denski, product manager
for AMD’s Server Division, said in an
interview with eWEEK. “With these speed bumps, we maintain our performance
lead [over rival Intel].”
Dell
is taking advantage of these new chips. The systems maker is updating 17
PowerEdge servers with chips from both AMD
and Intel, the company announced Feb. 14. However, at the center of Dell’s push
is the introduction of the new PowerEdge C6145, a system aimed at the HPC
and hyper-scale spaces that offers two four-socket nodes in a 2U (3.5-inch)
chassis. The C6145 can put 96 cores and 1 terabyte of storage into the 2U
space, and offers a shared infrastructure design, where such components as
power supplies are shared by the two nodes.
For more, read the eWeek article: Dell PowerEdge C6145 Uses New AMD Opteron Chips.
