AMD Barcelona Specification
Sunday, September 9th, 2007
AMD the one of two biggest, processor maker, has released new CPU architecture called Barcelona. This next generation technology using the first K8 architecture to make some changes on the AMD Opteron and Athlon 64 processor. This features is the enhancement of existing K8 technology.
After success launch dual core in single processor, AMD follow the Moore rule, Barcelona has quad core in single processor. With many enhancement, many tweaks, memory control, energy saving, and many new technology, this processor will boost performance.
AMD’s ACP measures the entire CPU’s power draw, including cores, memory controller and HyperTransport links. The measurements are conducted using “commercially useful high utilization workloads,” AMD’s Barcelona presentation.
For more information please go to AMD site: http://multicore.amd.com/us-en/AMD-Multi-Core/Products/Barcelona.aspx
“ The AMD64 platform is the gold standard for 64-bit computing, winning over 160 industry awards since it was introduced in 2003. AMD Opteron™ processors have brought enhanced performance and lower power consumption to enterprise datacenter deployments. Our upcoming Third-Generation of AMD Opteron processors, developed under the codename ‘‘Barcelona’’, are designed to set the next standard.”, amd.com