ArsTechnica: New Low Power AM3+ Opterons

[blckgrffn]

http://arstechnica.com/business/new...er-market-with-single-socket-opteron-3200.ars

Not that I expect this to generate a lot of love here

"The new processors use AMD's Bulldozer architecture. Two models sport two modules and four hardware threads, with a TDP of 45 W; the top model has four modules and eight threads and a higher TDP of 65 W. The processors combine server features such as memory scrubbing, full server validation, and longer lifecycles, with desktop features such as the AM3+ socket. It also has a low price, coming in at $99 and $125 for the 2.5GHz and 2.7GHz four-thread parts, and $229 for the 2.4GHz eight-thread unit. The processors can all be paired with up to 32GB RAM."

1U or less servers? Blades? This is just FX w/ECC, right?

These look to be a reasonable answer to a need I have for a number of physical and low cost servers for VT instruction.

This isn't what they are going to use for their new high density vendor purchase (SeaMicro?) That would be less exciting than Trinity based compute nodes....

 

[AtenRa]

You can see the Slides in my sig bellow

 

[Chiropteran]

FX already supports ECC, although possibly not officially from AMD- it's hard to find any documentation of it.


Anyway, I think the main draw of these is low power usage, but it's not really anything special compared to low power Xeons.

edit: Just noticed the turbo speeds. They stretch the speeds a little more, interesting.

 

[blckgrffn]

Wow, that is a lot of Turbo.

I was still hoping that we'd see PD/Trinity in Opteron guise for the high density server market. Oh well.

Thanks for the actual slides, AtenRa!

 

[LoneNinja]

I'm not too familiar with server parts, besides the low power draw what benefit do these provide to someone using AM3+?

One of those slides shows Bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller, and Excavator all in one chart with no designation of socket. Do you think those are all planned Opterons for socket AM3+? Maybe socket AM3+ will actually be around for a while.

 

[Abwx]

Piledriver will be AM3+ , as for the next ones , there s still
no clues about it , i think it depends in next gen memories
adoptions.

 

[Phynaz]

I'm not too familiar with server parts, besides the low power draw what benefit do these provide to someone using AM3+?

If you are already on AM3+ these provide no benefit to you.

The only benefit of these is they are cheap. They let a vendor create a bottom of the barrel server. All those web hosts that advertise a dedicated server for $89.00 a month? This is for them to resell.