"Magny-Cours" is Right on Schedule, and Shipping to Customers
That distant hum that you hear is the sound of the factory churning out AMD’s most advanced x86 processor ever. Yes, production of the new 8- and 12-core AMD Opteron™ 6100 Series processors (codenamed “Magny-Cours”) is underway.
They started their journey weeks ago, in the German state of Saxony, where the GLOBALFOUNDRIES fab began the process of building these marvels of modern silicon technology. Precision German engineering (I am biased after all) is in the heart of making one of the greatest innovations in processor technology.
The wafers begin life as non-descript silicon, but over the weeks of the process, the 8 and 12-core “Magny-Cours” begin to take shape. After the wafers are finished, they head on to Penang, Malaysia for packaging before the final stop in Singapore. There, the test, marking and sort happens, with processors ending up in those trays that you’ve seen so often.
Production began last month and our OEM partners have been receiving production parts this month. We have had a few select end customer opportunities that have been fulfilled, but it is nothing we can talk about publicly.
As a matter of fact, we were not planning to talk about any of this just yet, but earlier this week, someone tried to offer products that they claimed were “Magny-Cours” processors for sale on the web. Obviously the message about 12-core goodness with incredible value is making it out into the market, so much so that somebody wanted to jump on the bandwagon.
I wasn’t really expecting to write this blog just yet, I was hoping to spring that news sometime in the near future, but the internet’s “series of tubes” have been lit up and stole my thunder.
So, there it is, we’re building them now, and we expect that you’ll be seeing a launch before the end of the quarter. With 8 or 12 cores, 4 memory channels and lots of other great technology coming, it’s worth the wait. WELL worth the wait.
John Fruehe is the Director of Product Marketing for Server/Workstation products at AMD. His postings are his own opinions and may not represent AMD’s positions, strategies or opinions. Links to third party sites are provided for convenience and unless explicitly stated, AMD is not responsible for the contents of such linked sites and no endorsement is implied.
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sorry for saying, but intel is better…AMD laks in many points by intel…..but best of luck ….it is’nt easy to compete intel….and no-one can compete…..
are many processor making companies are there in the world??
i know only two-intel,amd…..tell me all…..email me at jayantraj7@gmail.com
I don’t believe that is true.
AMD has competed will against intel, so much so, that intel had to rely on some unsavory tactics to try to compete with AMD.
There are only 2 companies of size in the world making x86 processors. There are only 2 companies of size in the world making leading edge graphics.
Only AMD is doing both.
Via does x86, no? Of course, if you’re willing to not run Windows (the desktop OS), there’s also ARM which is rather tasty. Netbooks (running Linux anyway) rock, and I wish you had a presence there.
Is said “of size.” Via is in the x86 business, but not of size.
Hmm. I seem to have a reading comprehension fail.
Yeah, they seem to focus on competing with Atom mostly, which AMD doesn’t.
One question bugs me… if the BD core isn’t going in the Llano incarnation and thatone is just a dieshrink (and HK-MG introduction – FINALLY!!) to 32 nm, will we be expecting 32nm BD cores on opties somewhere at the end of 2011? Should we expect 12+ BD modules/chip(24+ cores)?
Another question, do you get server requests including stream processors and fusion io’s or just general computing units? Is there a long term plan for a SSD memory controller going directly into, or paralel to, the memory lanes? (To offload the HT link for instance?)
All Bulldozer cores will be 32nm. The bulldozer dies for server feature 8 cores (4 total modules). Valencia has a single 8-core module, Interlagos has 2 8-core modules for a total of 16 cores.
We do get requests for Stream processing; customers are utilizing our AMD FireStream processors today for that function. I can’t comment on SSD memory controllers.
I asked because of the dieshrink and the fact that BD cores apparently are much more compact then regular cores. As I understand it there will be a ~25% shrink because of the node transition,HK-MG and a bit because of the more compact cores as such on the same realestate there should be room for 25-50% more cores. Taking into account the voltage & heat reduction because of smaller node and HK-MG you should get a 25%+ better deal on the valencia & interlagos then you get on the MC assuming the price ranges will be comparable. So my question is, is the MC just a rite of passage to BD?
To the stream processing, since llano gets an evergreen line gpu stuck on it do we have to expect this to migrate to servers aswell? I ask because I think that many media and scientific aplications would profit from such a perk provided the “gpu” is solely a slave to the cpu…
Since there will be a soi embodyment of the evergreen lineup should we expect to see any FireStream processors of this breed going together with the BD arch?
Bulldozer is a completely new design, so don’t try to make comparisons based on current products.
Magny Cours and Lisbon are designed to do 2 things, address the current needs in the market and bring the Bullsozer platform up.
There is a need today for more cores, more throughput and more value in the market. These products hit those marks squarely. But in addition, they also help bring the platform forward so that our OEM partners are not trying to qualify a new platform AND a new core at the same time.
And who could argue with getting 4 channels of memory and 12 cores now versus waiting for Bulldozer
Couldn’t but agree, I work for such a corporation and I know how slow everithing goes to get a platform/chip/os through the qualification process. Thank you very much for your answers, much apreciated. And both thumbs up for this blog and all the other ones you post on
John,
any idea of when Magny- Cours 12 cores wiill arrive for USA customers? April, May, later?
I would like to ask about motherboard designs or this processors…
We are shipping today and the product will launch before the end of the month.
Want to ask a question related to processor technology:
I’m the whole day in FrameMaker and Photoshop (Win 7 on a 3 GHz P4 w/HT), and run Ubuntu in a virtual machine.
Would I notice a significant benefit going to four (or more) real cores?
Thanks!
Photoshop is well threaded, I am not sure about Framemaker (haven’t used it in years.) Having that with a virtual machine as well would definitely benefit from more real cores because cores scale better than hyperthreading.
yeah with this can render more hypervoxel stuff.
John,
let me please ask once more about motherboards to 12 cores…
Do you know who is manufactoring a mb to use with Magy-Cours chips?
Or if there is a 2, 4 processors mob in the making?
Thanks!
You will see 1P, 2P and 4P motherbords.
Some people who have already made public statements are SuperMicro and Tyan. I can’t speak for the others yet because they have not made public statements, but there will be others.
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