AMD demonstrates world's first X86 dual-crore processor

AMD has announced that it is demonstrating the industry's first x86
dual-core processor. During demonstrations held at the company's Austin
facilities, AMD is showing an HP DL585 server powered by four dual-core AMD
Opteron processors manufactured on 90nm silicon-on-insulator process technology.

With a simple upgrade path to more efficient computing, based on AMD's
existing system infrastructure and industry-standard architecture, enterprise
customers can expect more efficient processing power without the penalties of
increased power consumption and heat dissipation. The dual-core AMD Opteron
processor for servers and workstations is expected to offer the best performance
per watt in the market when AMD plans to make it available in mid-2005.

"This industry milestone changes the dynamics of the computing
business," said Dirk Meyer, Executive VP, AMD Computation Products Group.
"Once again, AMD is delivering a simplified approach to more efficient
processing power, with products that will deliver multi-core 64-bit computing to
our strong customer base."

This
announcement follows a series of impressive firsts from AMD.

Based on the existing 940-socket infrastructure, AMD expects the upcoming
dual-core AMD Opteron processor to provide better performance on a majority of
server/workstation workloads by combining two processing cores on a single die.
The form factor, energy consumption and performance needs of today's computer
designs demand new innovations. Dual-core processor technology will equip
customers with more balanced performance based on industry-standard system
architecture.

AMD plans to introduce a full dual-core processor line-up for the one- to
eight-socket server and workstation market in mid-2005 based on the existing
940-pin socket. Dual-core processors for the client market are expected to
follow in the second half of 2005.

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