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AMD starts shipping 12-core Opterons
CHIPMAKER AMD is reporting that it is churning out and shipping its latest 8-core and 12-core processors, codenamed Magny Cours, to select OEMs and Ebay auctioneers.
Magny Cours or rather Opteron 61xx chips feature revised quad channel memory controllers and remain within the 75W power envelope occupied by their predecessors, the 6-core Istanbul chips. However the Opteron 61xx requires a new socket, the G34, so it won't be a drop-in upgrade like the step up from Shanghai to Istanbul was.
In order to meet this impressive power target, AMD has scaled back the clock speeds and reined in the core voltage. But none of this really matters as those who deploy these will jump for joy at the fact that their existing cooling solutions will be able to cope with twice the number of cores.
In a blog post, AMD's John Fruehe was positively gushing about his company's new toy, however his claim that AMD is supplying only "a few select end customers" couldn't have referred to an Ebay auction last week.
AMD is under pressure to get its latest Opterons into the hands of willing customers as Chipzilla is close to shipping the 8-core Nehelem EX processors now.
This certainly explains why Fruehe seemed so happy that AMD managed not to break its release schedule, but at the moment it seems that Ebay is the retailer of choice if you want of these chips. µ
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AMD should directly auction them on ebay and get the best price for the limited number of chips it can supply. If you use paypal with ebay, ebay is very reliable. I have never had any problem with ebay when buying things using paypal. The protection paypal offers is much better than using credit cards.
What a nickname AMD has picked!
Everytime I see it I read it as "mangy cores."
Mangy, as when a dog gets the mange.
Performance is one aspect of why customers buy servers. But it is far down the list. What about price? What about power?
We'll see where Beckton lands in the grand scheme of things. My personal belief is that they just should have called it "Itanium III" and just faced the fact that they have built one more product that the market isn't going to want.
This processor will be tronched by Intel Beckton in benchmark.
Come on guys, why are you so concerned about a e-bay auction? It was 1 line.
I could "sell" these 8 core processor's and then dump the e-bay account and run.
Even if they were real, things get stolen. Remember the original dual core intel chips that were stolen out of the cases while being shipped to the stores.
Let focus on the fact they are making 8 core chips.
pronounced “Many-Core”?
Buying cpu's like this from a verified reseller/proper channel is one thing but through ebay? You are taking a gamble. What if these are counterfeit/stolen chips? How do we know AMD will honor the warranty on these?
Once you step outside the proper channels, all bets are off.
Are all of you brain dead? You think AMD is going to throw out it's hottest chip without warranties? I've RMA'd to AMD no less then 12 times (mostly not AMD's fault but user stupidity) and they have been quite honorable at replacing the CPU's.
Which one of you has actually purchased 10k in CPU's before? Yeah...thought so.
dont buy if you dont have money,..but if you have money to spend ,.why not.
Have you not heard of all the eBay security and fraud issues? Guess not.
Have you heard of a credit card chargeback? It screws the seller if it's a legit claim. Plus, Paypal protection that generally rules in favor of the small guy.
Sure, I would spend $7,000 for 4 cpus and if they don't work to bad. NOT!!!!!!
Why would anyone buy stuff like this on ebay. Pure stupidity.