AMD Opteron (K9)
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| Production: | 2005 to 2009 |
| Producer: | AMD |
| Processor clock: | 1.6 GHz to 3.2 GHz |
| HT cycle: | 1000 MHz |
| L2 cache size: | 2 MiB |
| Instruction set : | x86 / AMD64 |
| Microarchitecture : | AMD K9 / AMD64 |
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The AMD Opteron series based on the AMD K9 microarchitecture is a family of microprocessors for servers and workstations . They represent the successors of the AMD K8 -based Opteron processors and the main innovation is the doubling of the processor cores from one to two per processor ( dual core processor ). For details on the architecture, see AMD K9 .
Product history
Egypt & Italy
On April 21, 2005 AMD brought the long announced dual core versions (dual-core) for the 2xx and 8xx series with the cores Egypt and Italy on the market. For the most part, these processors could be integrated into existing Socket 940 Opteron systems without any problems worth mentioning (updating the mainboard BIOS ), thus turning a dual system into almost a quad system, for example.
Denmark
From August 2, 2005, AMD started offering the Opteron processors of the 1xx series with Kern Denmark for socket 939 instead of socket 940. The Socket 939 was previously reserved for the Athlon 64 , Athlon 64 FX and Athlon 64 X2 and, in contrast to the Socket 940, allowed the use of unbuffered ECC memory. This reduced the costs for small workstations and servers based on the 1xx Opterons, as it was possible to fall back on conventional and therefore more cost-effective Socket 939 motherboards.
The previous 1xx processors for Socket 940 were still available in the medium term, but the dual core processors of the 1xx series presented at the same time were only available in this form for Socket 939.
Santa Rosa & Santa Ana
On August 15, 2006, a new generation of Opteron processors for socket F (for systems with two or up to eight processors) and socket AM2 (for systems with one processor) was presented. In addition to the new memory controller for DDR2-SDRAM , AMD is also relying entirely on dual-core processors for the first time in the new Opteron, which now have a four-digit model number .
With the new Santa Rosa core , AMD is changing the SMP Opteron to the new socket F , which has 1207 contacts in LGA design. For the 1xxx series, the Santa Ana core (which is very similar to the Windsor core of the Athlon 64 X2 ) is based on the AM2 socket, which was already established in the desktop segment .
Model numbers
The Opteron of the K9 generation use a model numbering consisting of a three-digit number for the first generation and a four-digit number for the second generation.
Three-digit Opteron for socket 940 and socket 939 :
- The first number indicates the maximum number of processors of this type that can be used simultaneously on a motherboard (scalability: 1, 2 or up to 8)
- The last two digits encode the processor clock. In general, a larger number here indicates a higher speed. These dual core Opterons have the model numbers x60 (1,600 MHz), x65 (1,800 MHz) to x85 (2,600 MHz).
- If the processor deviates from the standard consumption information, an abbreviation is added which provides information about the electricity requirement .
The structure of this three-digit numbering corresponds to the Opteron of the K8 generation , however, in contrast to these and to differentiate between the two model types, the Opteron of the K9 generation only uses x0 or x5 for the last two digits and the counting method also starts at 60 ( The K8 generation ends at 56).
Four-digit Opteron for socket F and socket AM2 :
- The first number indicates the maximum number of processors of this type that can be used simultaneously on a motherboard (scalability: 1, 2 or up to 8)
- The second digit denotes the processor generation, starting with "2" for the processors of revision F.
- The last two digits encode the processor clock. In general, a larger number here indicates a higher speed. It starts with the model number xx10 = 1,800 MHz, followed by xx12 = 2,000 MHz etc.
- If the processor deviates from the standard consumption information, an abbreviation is added which provides information about the electricity requirement .
The abbreviation HE stands for processors with a lower power requirement than the standard model and the abbreviation SE stands for processors with a higher power requirement, which usually affects the models with the highest clock speed of a generation.
Examples
- Opteron 265: dual core processor for systems with two processors, 1,800 MHz clock frequency
- Opteron 1210: dual core processor of the second generation for systems with one processor, 1,800 MHz clock frequency
- Opteron 8214: dual core processor of the second generation for systems with four to eight processors, 2,200 MHz clock frequency
Model data socket 940
All processors for Socket 940 have a memory controller with two channels (144 bit, dual-channel operation ) for Registered DDR-SDRAM .
Denmark (1xx)
- Revision E6
- L1 cache: per core 64 + 64 KiB (data + instructions)
- L2 cache: 1024 KiB per core with processor clock
- MMX , Extended 3DNow! , SSE , SSE2 , SSE3 , AMD64 , OPM , NX-Bit
- Socket 940 , HyperTransport with 1,000 MHz (HT2000)
- The size: 199 mm² with 233.2 million transistors
- Manufacturing technology: 90 nm ( SOI )
- The size: 199 mm² with 233.2 million transistors
- Clock rates: 1800 MHz
- Models: Opteron 165HE
Italy (2xx) / Egypt (8xx)
- Revision E6
- L1 cache: per core 64 + 64 KiB (data + instructions)
- L2 cache: 1024 KiB per core with processor clock
- MMX , Extended 3DNow! , SSE , SSE2 , SSE3 , AMD64 , OPM , NX-Bit , SMP
- Socket 940 , HyperTransport with 1,000 MHz (HT2000)
- Manufacturing technology: 90 nm ( SOI )
- The size: 199 mm² with 233.2 million transistors
- Clock rates: 1600–2800 MHz
- Models: Opteron 260HE / 860HE to 290/890
Model data socket 939
All processors for socket 939 have a memory controller with two channels (128 bit, dual-channel operation ) for DDR-SDRAM .
Denmark (1xx)
- Revision E6
- L1 cache: per core 64 + 64 KiB (data + instructions)
- L2 cache: 1024 KiB per core with processor clock
- MMX , Extended 3DNow! , SSE , SSE2 , SSE3 , AMD64 , Cool'n'Quiet , NX-Bit
- Socket 939 , HyperTransport with 1,000 MHz (HT2000)
- The size: 199 mm² with 233.2 million transistors
- Manufacturing technology: 90 nm ( SOI )
- Clock rates: 1800–2600 MHz
- Models: Opteron 165 to 185
Model data base F
All processors for socket F have a memory controller with two channels (128 bit, dual-channel operation ) for Registered DDR2-SDRAM .
Santa Rosa (22xx, 82xx)
- Revision F2, F3
- L1 cache: per core 64 + 64 KiB (data + instructions)
- L2 cache: 1024 KiB per core with processor clock
- MMX , Extended 3DNow! , SSE , SSE2 , SSE3 , AMD64 , OPM , NX-Bit , SMP , AMD-V
- Socket F , HyperTransport with 1,000 MHz (HT2000)
- Manufacturing technology: 90 nm ( SOI )
- The size: 230 mm² with 227.4 million transistors
- Clock frequencies: 1.8-3.2 GHz
- Models: Opteron 2210/8210 to 2224SE / 8224SE
Model data socket AM2
All processors for the AM2 socket have a memory controller with two channels (128 bit, dual-channel operation ) for DDR2 SDRAM .
Santa Ana
- Revision F2, F3
- L1 cache: per core 64 + 64 KiB (data + instructions)
- L2 cache: 1024 KiB per core with processor clock
- MMX , Extended 3DNow! , SSE , SSE2 , SSE3 , AMD64 , Cool'n'Quiet , NX-Bit , AMD-V
- Socket AM2 , HyperTransport with 1,000 MHz (HT2000)
- Manufacturing technology: 90 nm ( SOI )
- The size: 230 mm² with 227.4 million transistors
- Clock frequencies: 1800–3200 MHz
- Models: Opteron 1210 to 1224SE
