The success of the Athlon64, and with it, the elevation of the AMD Opteron processor to a key role in the server space, then followed. The important role of the HyperTransport interconnect, the on-chip integration of the memory controller, the ability of the Opteron processor to scale to multi-processing configurations, the adoption of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) fabrication technology – these are just a few of the contributing factors in AMD’s ongoing re-definition of the microprocessor landscape..You can read the interview over here.
Interview with AMD - part 3
Posted on Wednesday, March 15 2006 @ 22:12 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck