Rev F makes AMD competitive on server market against Intel

ABOUT cpu.The launch of Rev F, a squad-core Opteron processor by AMD, makes it competitive in the server market against server manufacturer gaint Intel.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)'s new Opteron claims to have such competitiveness as less-energy consumption and compatibility.

As more energy creates more heat, bigger fans are required to keep the computer cool. Energy compution is a key technology that the server manufactures are concerned. The Rev F version consumes less power and allows faster access to memory, according to Mike Feibus, founder of TechKnowledge Strategies Inc., a market research firm in Scottsdale, Ariz.

To the compatibility of the squad-core chip, Steve Demski, marketing manager of AMD's Opteron business was very confident. "You can go to a new generation of chips without changing any of your software," he said.

Both Intel's latest product, the Xeon 5100, and AMD's newest Opteron chip are dual core processors. AMD conceded that Intel will be first to market later this year with the first quad-core chips, but said it will have its version to market by the middle of next year, the Journal Technology said.

"We think we have a solution that's worth waiting for," Demski said. "Six months is pretty quick in the industry. We're not concerned about that impacting our business."

AMD technology was reportedly to be used in many key server manufacturers, including Hewlett-Packard Co., Sun Microsystems Inc. and Dell Inc. Dell. However, the manufactures are "a bit vague about when they are going to get Rev F machines into the field," ITJungle was quoted as saying.

AMD increased its share of the global market for servers to 26 percent in the second quarter, up from about 11 percent a year earlier, according to Mercury Research.

AMD's new chip will range in price from 749 U.S. dollars to 2,149. Enditem