AMD ships 16-core Bulldozer chips for servers, makes consumers wait their turn

AMD's Interlagos, its server-styled Bulldozer chip -- Mr. Opteron 6200 to you and me -- is being pushed out to retailers and OEMs ready for an October launch. AMD is calling it the first 16-core x86 processor, although as we know from the required reading, it has eight two-core shared modules rather than 16 independent ones. The chips are compatible with Socket G34 motherboards, but most of this first production run will go straight into supercomputer projects. AMD remains mute on progress of the consumer-level Zambezi, but rumors are that the company can't clock it fast enough to compete with Intel's Core i7 -- the very class that Bulldozer was designed to bury. [Thanks, Sebastian]Continue reading AMD ships 16-core Bulldozer chips for servers, makes consumers wait their turnAMD ships 16-core Bulldozer chips for servers, makes consumers wait their turn originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink

Drivers vary set-ups facing threat of rain

With rain forecast for the race, some drivers have leaned towards wet weather set-ups for their cars, running more wing. Red Bull’s Christian Horner said during final practice that teams no longer have to make major set-up changes to their cars in wet conditions as current F1 cars have so much downforce. That’s certainly true [...]