AMD Demos First ClawHammer at IDF! Runs 64-bit Linux and 32-bit Windows.

[AGodspeed]

I started a thread about this as well in GH here. It's pretty significant news for the Linux buffs, and big news in general for the industry. Here ya go:

http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day0/220570444&ticker=amd

AMD's demonstration featured "Hammer" running both a 64-bit Linux and 32-bit Microsoft(R) Windows(R) operating system. The AMD "Hammer" processors were manufactured on 0.13 micron, Silicon on Insulator (SOI) technology, which together enable higher performance and lower power consumption.

Update: According to Extremetech (courtesy of Mr. Ice 🙂) AMD's Freb Weber said the following:

Clawhammer processors, which are designed for PCs and low-end servers, will be on sale in the fourth quarter.

In addition, Freb Weber also revealed the following:

Clawhammer, like the other members of AMD's Hammer family, uses an X86-64 architecture, which can run 32-bit as well as 64-bit code. Weber said that the chip was expected to run under a native 64-bit OS with 64-bit applications, a 64-bit OS with 32-bit programs, or under a true 32-bit OS and using 32-bit applications.

 

[Novgrod]

Thanks for the update 🙂 exciting news.

 

[N8Magic]

No benchmarks? Damn! I wanted to see what those babies can do, even in beta silicon form.

It doesn't even mention what speed it was running at. 🙁

 

[AGodspeed]

<< No benchmarks? Damn! I wanted to see what those babies can do, even in beta silicon form.

It doesn't even mention what speed it was running at. 🙁 >>

AMD won't let those surface for a while...

 

[agnitrate]

Do we know if they had the comp open so we could see the new cpu (I'm dying to see it w/ integrated north bridge! 🙂 ) or if they kept it closed?

silver

 

[AGodspeed]

<< Do we know if they had the comp open so we could see the new cpu (I'm dying to see it w/ integrated north bridge! 🙂 ) or if they kept it closed?

silver >>

Supposedly pics will be coming shortly...