6 - 16 Cores - Has anyone seen what AMD is up to lately

[creasia]

http://www.amd.com/us/products/server/six-core-opteron/Pages/six-core-opteron.aspx

 

OK. A Tyan Motherboard with 4 slots, would give my workstation a serious boost of power with 24 cores.

 

Their roadmap sayes 16 cores to be shipping in 2011!

 

http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/amd_offers_glimpse-2009apr22.aspx

 

Click --- Done.

Edited August 14, 2009 by creasia

[Slinger]

Now the coders just need to write apps to utilize all the cores.

[Rendermedia]

Like Adobe and AE heh!....

[rygoody]

If you want multithreaded compositing, go to nuke, it already handles multiple threads really well.

[BOXXLABS]

We've had 6, 12, 24 and 48 core AMD Opteron "Istanbul" platforms up and running for some time here in the lab.

 

You don't likely run any software that would take good advantage of more than 12 cores. And if you're going for speed, a high-end 8-core intel Xeon will easily out-render the fastest 12-core AMD system.

 

However, if you're an AMD fan and are going for middle-of-the-road multi-cpu performance, the 12-core (dual 6-core) AMD platform is a very good price-performance value. It's actually lot of power for the money.

 

http://www.boxxtech.com/products/3DBOXX/7550_Overview.asp

(shameless plug)

 

[Hazdaz]

Now the coders just need to write apps to utilize all the cores.

 

You can say that again.

 

You can throw the biggest, baddest PC you can buy at some jobs, but it's not gonna do a whole hell of a lot of difference because the software can't fully utilize all that raw power.