Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(NYSE:AMD) on
Tuesday introduced a line of Opteron processors, in pursuit of an aggressive
strategy that will see it making improvements to its Opteron line as well as
use of ARM and x86 chips by 2014.
The new line of processors introduced by the company
is targeted for use in cloud servers that are used to process web transactions.
The new Opteron 4300 and 3300 x86 server chips have up
to eight cores and are targeted at entry-level and mid-range servers.
The nine new chips could be used in the company's
SeaMicro dense servers, which already employ the older 4200 and 3200 server
chips. The previous chips were introduced late last year, and the new chips
provide performance and power consumption upgrades, the Tech World reported.
AMD has been facing a slump for some time not only in
the computer segment but also in servers and it is trying to get some life back
into it with its x86 processors and the ARM-based servers which will start
selling in 2014.
AMD last month started shipping the Opteron 6300
server chips for midrange and high-end servers. The Opteron 4300 and 3300 chips
are targeted at the fast-growing market for cloud servers, in which a large
number of transactions are processed at any given moment.
The low-end Opteron 3300 chips provide
enterprise-class features in a low power envelope "at a desktop processor
price," AMD said in a statement.
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