AMD releases Opteron processors for virtualisation

IT World reveals.

Previously code-named Interlagos and Valencia, respectively, the processors, according to AMD, can give businesses up to 84% higher performance.

The figure was in reference to AMD Opteron 6276 generating 84% more floating-point operations (FLOPs) than the Intel X5670 processor, PC Advisor notes.

AMD also boasted increased scalability for virtualisation with the new processors. The Opteron 6200 series can support up to 16 cores to handle more virtual machines, while the 4200 series can go up to eight cores.

AMD claims to have released the first 16-core x86 CPU. The processors have a higher memory bandwidth as well, ARN says.

“The move to virtualisation and cloud is becoming more important,” says AMD country manager, Brian Slatter.

“Things people are looking for when building out their cloud infrastructure - when they're focusing on how to develop their data centres moving forward - is definitely flexibility, scalability and agility.”