AMD enhances Opteron 6300 Series processor

Designed for enterprise workloads, AMD has announced immediate availability of its new 12- and 16-core AMD Opteron 6300 Series server processors, code named "Warsaw." The new AMD Opteron 6300 Series processors feature the "Piledriver" core and are fully socket and software compatible with the existing AMD Opteron 6300 Series. 

Driven by customers’ requests, the new AMD Opteron 6338P (12 core) and 6370P (16 core) processors are optimized to handle the heavily virtualized workloads found in enterprise environments, including the more complex compute needs of data analysis, xSQL and traditional databases, at optimal performance per-watt, per-dollar.   

“With the continued move to virtualized environments for more efficient server utilization, more and more workloads are limited by memory capacity and I/O bandwidth. The Opteron 6338P and 6370P processors are server CPUs optimized to deliver improved performance per-watt for virtualized private cloud deployments with less power and at lower cost points,” said Suresh Gopalakrishnan, Corporate Vice-President & General Manager, Server Business Unit, AMD.

The new AMD Opteron 6338P and 6370P processors are available through Penguin and Avnet system integrators and have been qualified for servers from Sugon and Supermicro at a starting price of $377 and $598, respectively.