AMD designs 45 nm Quad-Core Opteron processor in India
By Shoukath Kodubally   |   Monday, 17 November 2008, 16:52 IST   |    1 Comments
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Bangalore: AMD, one of the leading chip makers has entered the 45 nm processor technology by launching its first 45 nm quad-core opteron processor, codenamed 'Shangai'. The latest AMD processor is expected to bring competition in the quad-core processor market as Intel's quad-core 45 nm server processor which is officially known as Xeon is already there in the market. The newly launched 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor is the result of the collective efforts of AMD's centers in U.S. as well as Bangalore and Hyderabad in India. U.S. and Indian centers have delivered the key sections of the chip. The companies Bangalore center is currently employing about 200 engineers. The 'Shanghai' is able to deliver up to 35 percent more performance with up to a 35 percent decrease in power consumption. The newest Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor can help drive data center efficiencies and reduce complexities with innovations that offer superior virtualization performance and increased performance-per-watt. "Flawless execution in bringing the 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor to market early results in new performance leadership on x86 servers," said Dasaradha Gude, Managing Director, AMD India. "This enhanced AMD Opteron processor represents the most dramatic performance and performance-per-watt increases for AMD products since the introduction of the world's first x86 dual-core processors by AMD nearly four years ago. Simply put, the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor is the right technology at the right time," he added. The Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors offer a superior balanced and scalable solution to support today's increasingly heterogeneous computing environments. The new processors deliver faster "world switch" time, which enhances virtual machine efficiency, and feature improved Rapid Virtualization Indexing. The time looks good for Indian hardware and semiconductor manufacturing sector as big companies like AMD and Intel have recently brought out cutting-edge technologies from their India design centers itself. India had not been preferred as a right place to design innovative technologies by big manufactures. But, by successfully developing some of the valuable devices like Intel's first quad-core processor in Intel's Bangalore center and putting a remarkable effort in designing AMD's 45 nm quad core Opetron processors in its Hyderabad and Bangalore centers, India is now making an effort to compete with the big hardware and chip manufactures in the world. A recent Gartner report estimates that the market for third-party design services in India has reached at about $400 million. The research firm also foresees that the third-party chip design services market in India would grow at a CAGR of about 22.3 percent and would reach at nearly $830 million by 2012. India scores over other manufacturing destination in the availability of engineering talents and the cost of course is comparatively less in India.

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