AMD intros three more dual core Opterons

CHIP FIRM AMD released more dual core Opterons as it continues its mission to beat up Intel on the server front.

The members of the X80 line, the 280 and the 880, are both 2.4GHz 1MB chips. The 180, a 939 based one will be launched in 30 days, but the ones announced today are available now.

The parts come in 95W, 68W and 55W variants, but unless you are a large OEM making blades don't expect to see the 68W ones. The product mix will be heavily 95W oriented, but more than enough 68W parts are in the mix to make it more than boutique item.

The 280 will be priced at $1299, 880 comes in at $2649, and the 180 at $799 next month. The prices for the 865 and 265 now equal that of the 852 and 252 respectively, and the 870 and 270 overlap the 854 and 254 respectively. This means that AMD wants to move to dual core as fast as it can. The 180 is priced the same as the 152, the highest speed single core 1xx. Prices are when you buy 1,000 of the processors at a time. µ