The Tech Report attended the demo, and revealed some interesting findings. The first factor to note is that Istanbul CPUs will be fully compatible with existing Socket F Opteron systems. To perform a drop-in upgrade to Istanbul processors, the server's motherboard will just need a BIOS update and support for dual power planes.Intel’s six-core Dunnington Xeon CPUs have already been doing the rounds since September 2008, but AMD’s rival Opteron processors have now finally caught up. The company recently demonstrated its own six-core ‘Istanbul’ CPUs, and the demo included showing off a 24-core, quad-socket server based on the new CPUs.
A range of six Istanbul CPUs are currently planned, including both low-power and high-performance models, and AMD apparently hopes that the easy upgrade option will make the new chips particularly appealing to cash-strapped businesses looking for a cheap server upgrade.
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