What are the main differences between Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors and earlier generations of AMD Opteron processors?
Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors offer several significant enhancements over previous generations of AMD Opteron processors, including: • Native Quad-Core processing • Enhanced AMD PowerNow!™ technology with Independent Dynamic Core Technology • AMD CoolCore™ technology • AMD Smart Fetch Technology • Dual Dynamic Power Management™ • AMD Virtualization™ with Rapid Virtualization Indexing End users may experience lowered TCO, a more flexible IT environment, and improved performance-per-watt and performance-per-dollar. Low TCO is driven by the use of low-power DDR2 memory, native quad-core technology and by the implementation of our AMD64 common core strategy across 1-socket, 2-socket, and 4-socket platforms, which can help minimize support costs. AMD also has enabled significantly increased performance with its Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors with DDR2 memory, through features such as the AMD Wide Floating-Point Accelerator, AMD Memory Optimizer Technology, and AMD Balanced Smart Cache.
