The AMD Opteron Processor for Multiprocessor Servers

  • Authors:
  • Chetana N. Keltcher;Kevin J. McGrath;Ardsher Ahmed;Pat Conway

  • Affiliations:
  • Advanced Micro Devices;Advanced Micro Devices;Advanced Micro Devices;Advanced Micro Devices

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Micro
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Representing AMD's entry into 64-bit computing, opteron combinesthe backwards compatibility of the x86-64 architecture with a DDRmemory controller and hypertransport links to deliver server-classperformance. These features also make opteron a flexible,modular, and easily connectable component for variousmultiprocessor configurations.