AMD to price entry-level dual-core Opteron at high-end single-core price

Posted on Tuesday, April 19 2005 @ 17:49 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

The pricing of AMD's entry-level dual-core Opteron processors will be the same as its high-end single-core versions, according to Taiwanese motherboard makers. It is said that the Opteron 200 and 800 series will be launched at 1.80GHz, 2.0GHz and 2.20GHz with a 95W thermal design power.

Quotes for AMD dual-core Opteron processors (US$)
Series		Quotes
Opteron 800	875	2,649
	870	2,149
	865	1,514
Opteron 200	275	1,299
	270	1,051
	265	851
Opteron 100	175	999
	170	799
	165	637

Quotes for AMD single-core Opteron processors (US$)
Series		Quotes
Opteron 800	852	1,514
	850	1,165
Opteron 200	252	851
	250	690
Opteron 100	152	637
	150	417

The first dual-core Opteron processors will be launched within 2 days, on April 21. The Opteron 800 and 200 series will hit the market this quarter and the 100 series will be available in the third quarter of this year.

More details at DigiTimes

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