AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series Platform

The AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series platform, offering the industry’s only twelve-core x86 processor. Built to excel when the workload gets tough.

Performance for demanding workloads

Match tough workloads with the right fit server platform, and realize superior performance in memory and compute intensive workloads.

Consistent platform that scales:

Take control now with Direct Connect 2.0 architecture consistency, including power, virtualization and memory innovations, and socket compatibility with planned AMD Opteron™ 6200 Series processor.

Business value without compromise:

Gain advantages normally reserved for high-end systems, with exceptional value, low total cost of ownership, and generational consistency.

Target: Enterprise Class 2-way and 4-way Servers
Twelve-core and Eight–core, L2 – 512K/core, L3 - 12MB of shared L3 Cache
AMD CoolCore™ technology, AMD PowerNow!™ technology, Enhanced C1 state, AMD CoolSpeed technology, APML (in APML enabled platforms)
Quad-Channel U/RDDR3 & LV U/RDDR3, ECC, support for on-line spare memory
Supports up to 3 DIMMs/channel, up to 12 DIMMS per CPU
Planned platforms 2P/2U, 2P Tower, 4P rack,
4P Blade

Single Series for performance DP and MP platforms
2P economics for 4P servers
Compelling price/performance for volume market

G34 Socket Infrastructure
Balanced performance with power/thermals
Quad 16-bit HyperTransport™ 3 technology (HT3) links, up to 6.4 GT/s per link

AMD Radeon™ HD 6950 Graphics

AMD Radeon™ HD 6950 GPU Feature Summary

• Up to 800MHz Engine Clock
• 2GB GDDR5 Memory
• 1250MHz Memory Clock (5.0 Gbps GDDR5)
• 160 GB/s memory bandwidth (maximum)
• 2.25 TFLOPs Single Precision compute power
• 562.5 GFLOPs Double Precision compute power
• Double slot form factor
• TeraScale 3 Unified Processing Architecture
  • 1408 Stream Processors
  • 88 Texture Units
  • 128 Z/Stencil ROP Units
  • 32 Color ROP Units
• High Speed 256-bit GDDR5 memory interface
• PCI Express 2.1 x16 bus interface
• “Eye-Definition” graphics
  • New and advanced architecture
    • Full DirectX® 11 support
    • Scalable geometry processing technology
    • Shader Model 5.0
    • DirectCompute 11
    • Dual advanced programmable hardware tessellation units
    • Accelerated multi-threading
    • HDR texture compression
    • Order-independent transparency
  • OpenGL 4.1 support
  • Image quality enhancement technology
    • Up to 24x multi-sample and super-sample anti-aliasing modes
    • Adaptive anti-aliasing
    • Enhanced Quality Anti-Aliasing (EQAA)
    • Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA)
    • 16x angle independent anisotropic texture filtering
    • 128-bit floating point HDR rendering
       

AMD Radeon™ HD 6990 Graphics

• Harnessing the incredible power of dual second-generation DirectX® 11-capable GPUs, the AMD Radeon HD™ 6990 is quite simply the fastest graphics card in the world.⁶
• Featuring 4GB of high-speed GDDR5 memory, the AMD Radeon™ HD 6990 is the definitive solution for ultra-high resolution gaming across up to six simultaneous displays.¹
• Break barriers. Crush records. Flip the Unlocking Switch and take your AMD Radeon™ HD 6990 beyond the bleeding edge.⁸
• Higher clocks. Faster gaming. Devastatingly intelligent power management. That’s AMD PowerTune technology on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6990.⁷

MSI GX680 Gaming Laptop Unleash superior power and mobility

MSI GX680 Gaming Laptop

MSI is rolling out its new generation GX680 notebook computer featuring the Intel® second generation Core™ i7 quad core processor, the high-end nVidia GeForce GT 555M discrete graphics card, 4 DDR3 memory slots, accelerated dual hard disk architecture, and ultimate smart wrap around sound experience courtesy of Dynaudio, THX TruStudio Pro.

Taipei—Clumsy desktop PCs are out and notebooks are in. MSI has unveiled the new generation GX680 NB featuring Intel's second generation Core™ i7 quad core processor, the DirectX 11-supporting nVidia GeForce GT 555M discrete graphics card, four DDR3 memory slots, and accelerated dual hard disk architecture, packing the punch of a desktop PC into a highly portable laptop.

Eric Kuo, associate vice president for global sales, MSI Notebook, notes that the GX680 notebook computer boasts superior performance and the best wrap around sound available. MSI worked closely with Dynaudio to determine ideal speaker locations to obtain obstruction-free sound transmission. What's more, new generation GX680 features cinema-grade THX TruStudio Pro smart wrap around sound, so regardless of the kind of music you play, it's faithfully reproduced.

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Lightning Strikes Twice!! MSI Launches N580GTX Lightning and R6970 Lightning

MSI N580GTX

These cards are specifically designed to handle the extreme overclocking which eager gamers and media outlets around the world have been waiting for. Industry-leading Power4 architecture and Twin Frozr III dual-fan cooling with innovative Propeller Blade technology brings together a solid power supply with advanced cooling technology. This results in huge boosts to overclocking potential and stability, enabling the air-cooled N580GTX Lightning to break the 1GHz core clock barrier with ease. The Lightning series of graphic cards is designed to offer the ultimate in overclocking capabilities and is the superior choice for overclocking enthusiasts seeking to set new world records!