AMD's Showcases Quad-Core Barcelona CPU

Gr8Apes writes "AMD has showcased their new 65nm Barcelona quad-core CPU. It is labeled a quad-core Opteron, but according to Infoworld's Tom Yeager, is really a redefinition of x86. Each core has a new vector math processing unit (SSE128), separate integer and floating point schedulers, and new nested paging tables (to vastly improve hardware virtualization). According to AMD, the new vector math units alone should improve floating point operation by 80%. Some analysts are skeptical, waiting for benchmarks. Will AMD dethrone Intel again? Only time will tell."

Inevitable question

[DiamondGeezer]

But will it run Linux?

Re:If its true

[Anonymous Coward]

Three quad cores for the pasty-nerds under the sky,
Seven for the WoW-nerds in their halls of stone,
Nine for Diablo Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Nerd on his dark throne
In the Land of Silicon where the corporations lie.
One quad core to rule them all, One quad core to find them,
One quad core to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Silicon where the corporations lie.
He paused, and then said in a deep voice,
This is the Master-quad core, the One quad core to rule them all.

Re:Is dethroning Intel the point?

[Anonymous Coward]

Ahh, I just spent $985 on a QX6700. In 6 months you're going to love it!

how do they fit a fourwheeler in the chip?

[pseudosero]

I want a floating quad.

Great

[Trogre]

So now I'll see four penguins at startup!

Re:Inevitable question

[Anonymous Coward]

But will it run Linux?

.. And this in the one place that "Imagine a Beowolf cluster of these things!" would actually make sense!

Barcelona???

[master_p]

Rumours have it that their next CPU model will be named 'Real Madrid'...