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Barcelona: The code name for AMD's quad-core chip expected in 2007. With many enhancements for virtualization, instruction execution and memory bandwidth, the Barcelona has four separate processors, each having its...; Full Barcelona Definition >>

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At last, AMD ships quad-core Opterons: After significant delays caused by a design bug, AMD is now shipping quad-core "Barcelona" Opteron processors in volume. Barcelona processors were delayed back in December of last year because of an L3 cache bug which caused applications to fail. Rather than ship processors containing the bug, AMD...; Tags: Quad-core, Barcelona, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-04-09
barcelona DK Eyewitness (Pocket PC) (00): Whatever you plan to do - whether you are traveling first class or on a limited budget - make sure you experience the best of Barcelona. This quick reference guide turns your mobile phone in your travel companion and source of information. Discover unmissable museums and galleries, walks and itineraries,...; Tags: Mobile, PC, Mobile System, Barcelona, Pocket PC, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-03-14
AMD: barcelona OEM systems on track for April: AMD said Wednesday that its Barcelona chips are on track to be available for purchase in April. Kevin Knox, vice president of AMD's commercial business, said in an interview at CNET's New York office that the chipmaker is set to ship Barcelona B3 parts to OEMs by...; Tags: Barcelona, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-05
Android at WMC from a developer's perspective: Android is building momentum at the Mobile World Congress '08 in Barcelona this week. Companies like Texas Instruments have been showing off prototypes running the Android operating system -- and by the sounds of it, people can't get enough. Engadget has some early pictures of what attendees are...; Tags: Developer, Operating System, Barcelona, Engadget, Photograph, Android, Scanners, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Operating Systems, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Peripherals, Software, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-02-11
AMD acknowledges quad-core woes; Promises rebound; Highlights roadmap: AMD chief operating officer Dirk Meyer acknowledged Thursday that the launch of its quad-core Opteron chips, formerly known as Barcelona, has been a disappointment. But he also urged customers and investors not to overlook AMD's promise and accomplishments. Meyer, speaking at its annual financial analyst conference in New York,...; Tags: Quad-core, Barcelona, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-12-13

Did AMD barcelona and Intel Tigerton really 'launch'?: AMD officially launched the "Barcelona" quad-core processor last month in San Francisco, but people are telling me that the systems are nowhere to be seen from any of the major server manufacturers nor is there any time line given for availability. To see if there is any merit to these...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Quad-core, Barcelona, Server, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., November, Appro, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-10-15
AMD doubters persist; Are they right this time?: With AMD's launch of its latest greatest Opteron server chip--formerly codenamed Barcelona--one of the biggest questions is whether lightning can strike twice. The first lightning strike came when AMD (all resources) launched the Athlon line and became a legitimate desktop player. Using that momentum AMD leapfrogged its...; Tags: Barcelona, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-09-14
AMD's barcelona benchmarks: Omissions and disclosure matter: [Update 9/16/2007 - After doing a little more digging, it appears that SPEC's rules require the clear statement of a basis of comparison www.spec.org/fairuse.html rule 3.b. Without a basis of comparison, there's no telling what the marketing department is talking about. Without the basis of comparison, it's like calling someone...; Tags: Processor, Performance, Compiler, Barcelona, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Development Tools, Performance Management, Processors, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-09-14
AMD: Is closing the quad-core deficit enough?: AMD kicked off the "premier" of their latest microprocessor offering with a launch party at the Herbst International Exhibit Hall Monday night. Partners like VMware, HP, Dell, Sun, Oracle, IBM, Microsoft and others were on hand or were there by video link to celebrate the launch of AMD's single-die quad-core...; Tags: Processor, Performance, Quad-core, Barcelona, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., SPECint_rate2006, SPECjbb2005, FBDIMM, Scott Wasson, Performance Management, Processors, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-09-12
Sun shows 2U 16-core barcelona server with FSB1600: After last week's launch of Sun's 2U 16-core Intel Tigerton server last week, Sun followed up with an AMD Barcelona version last night at AMD's Barcelona launch. Sun kept the same compact 2U footprint while keeping all the features. So far, no other Server vendor has...; Tags: Processor, Virtualization, Sun Microsystems Inc., Barcelona, Memory, Server, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., 2U, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-09-11
Gallery: barcelona's big day: AMD CEO Hector Ruiz, with a little help from his friends, hosts a coming out party for the quad-core Opteron chip. by George Ou; Tags: AMD Barcelona, AMD Opteron, George Ou; Image galleries 2007-09-11
Leaked - AMD barcelona versus Intel Clovertown and Tigerton: [UPDATE 9/10/2007 - My leaked extrapolated scores below are now officially confirmed on SPEC.org for Integer and Floating Point. Since I only had two significant figures on percentage gain to work off of from the leaked slides, I was off by up to 0.3 which is to be expected. AMD's official Barcelona launch announced newer scores...; Tags: Performance, Barcelona, Slide, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., George Ou; Blog posts 2007-09-11
AMD's barcelona pitch: Contradictions that reflect today's gearmaker conundrum?: Meet Randy Allen (pictured left), the corporate vice president of AMD's Server and Workstation division. Using the podcast player above, you can hear my interview of him today regarding AMD's official launch of Barcelona: the first true quad-core x86 chip to hit the market (Intel has a 4-core product in...; Tags: Application, Virtualization, Barcelona, Server, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Randy Allen, David Berlind; Blog posts 2007-09-10
News to know: barcelona; Building a quad-core PC; Google Apps; AI; Flash drives: Notable headlines: AMD's Barcelona not a savior, yet. George Ou: Will AMD Barcelona kill off high-margin AMD CPUs? Leaked - AMD Barcelona versus Intel Clovertown and Tigerton. David Berlind: HP releases statement regarding commitment to AMD's quad-core Barcelona. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Google Apps, PC, Quad-core, Barcelona, Microsoft Corp., USB Flash Drive, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-09-10
Can computers really read manuscripts?: Using computers to read handwritten symbols has been done before. But now, researchers in Barcelona, Spain, have developed a system more efficient and reliable than currently existing ones. Their BSM system -- an acronym for 'Blurred Shape Model' -- has been designed to work with ancient, damaged or difficult to...; Tags: Barcelona, Symbol, Computer, BSM, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-09-09
Will AMD barcelona kill off high-margin AMD CPUs?: AMD was riding high a year ago dominating sales in the dual-processor Server market and virtually owned the multi-processor (4+) Server market. Then Intel launched the Core Micro-architecture on the desktop and dual-processor Server market and momentum swung from AMD to Intel overnight in both of...; Tags: Processor, Quad-core, Barcelona, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Intel Corp., George Ou; Blog posts 2007-09-08
Intel Tigerton and AMD barcelona price list: Intel has launched the Xeon 7300 platform codenamed "Caneland" and the Core micro-architecture Xeon MP Processor codenamed "Tigerton". Since AMD is set to launch "Barcelona" quad-core Opterons next week and DailyTech leaked the Barcelona price list, we can now compare the prices for the new MP (multi-processor platform) CPUs. ...; Tags: Performance, Quad-core, Barcelona, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., George Ou; Blog posts 2007-09-08
HP releases statement regarding commitment to AMD's quad-core barcelona: This statement from HP regarding it's plans for AMD's quad-core Barcelona just arrived via e-mail with no embargo on it. So, rather than find people over the weekend to comment, etc, I'm just going to mirror it here as it was delivered to my inbox: As the...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Quad-core, Barcelona, Server, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., HP Compaq ProLiant, David Berlind; Blog posts 2007-09-07
AMD fans the flames with barcelona pricing: The drumbeat for Barcelona is getting louder and louder. Advanced Micro Devices is widely expected to launch the new processor on Sept. 10—next Tuesday—at speeds of up to 2GHz in a number of cities across the world, including San Francisco and Barcelona, of course (link: here). AMD has confirmed that...; Tags: Processor, Barcelona, AMD Opteron, Pricing Strategy, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., John Spooner; Blog posts 2007-09-05
AMD preps barcelona: Who's going to sell it?: Advanced Micro Devices is prepping its Barcelona chip for lift off on Sept. 10, but it's unclear who will run the sales effort. AMD confirmed that Rick Hegberg, senior vice president of worldwide sales, plans to leave the company. Hegberg reported to Henri Richard, AMD's worldwide sales and...; Tags: Barcelona, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-09-04