Amd Opteron™ Quad-Core Processors - HP BL680c - ProLiant - G5 Configuration

share a 16 MB L3 cache (Figure 6). Intel Xeon 7300 and 7400 Series processors are available on
the ProLiant BL680 G5 server blade.
Figure 6. Major components of Intel Xeon 7300 and 7400 Series processors
AMD Opteron™ quad-core processors
Third generation, quad-core AMD Opteron 2300 and 8300 Series processors feature
HyperTransport™ technology, which provides a direct, scalable bandwidth interconnect between the
processor, the I/O subsystem, and the chipset. Each quad-core processor operates at speeds of up to
3.1 GHz, has 512 KB of L2 cache memory, and shares a total of 6 MB of L3 cache (Figure 7). The
processor has an integrated memory controller that supports PC2-6400 (DDR2-800) DIMMs. The
AMD Direct Connect™ architecture replaces the FSB with direct communication links between each
CPU, between CPU and I/O, and between CPU and memory.
Quad-core AMD Opteron 2300 and 8300 Series processors feature AMD Dual Dynamic Power
Management™. This feature powers the processor core and memory controller voltage planes
independently and delivers increased performance and improved power management.
Figure 7. Major components of AMD Opteron quad-core processors
4 For additional information about AMD processors, see the HP technology brief titled "The AMD processor
roadmap for industry standard servers":
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00428708/c00428708.pdf
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