Ultra 20 M2 - quad core upgrade path?
807557Aug 25 2008 — edited May 1 2009Any ideas when will they support it?
The Opteron 1352/1354/1356 quad core CPUs have been out for a while in retail channels but
I don't see any quad core CPU components in the Sunsolve docs.
I'm assuming the current BIOS won't recognize them either?
According to Sun's Ultra 20 marketing page (http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/ultra20/index.xml - somewhere under the AMD logo), they state that there will be an upgrade to quad core opterons-
"Featuring the Next-Generation AMD Opteron Processor: Take advantage of the new Next-Generation AMD Opteron Processor. Here's what it gives you:
* New, native dual core processors
* Consistent socket design minimizes data center churn for upgrades to future Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors
* Integrated memory controller and AMD HyperTransport links eliminate performance bottlenecks
* Support proven, lower-power DDR2 memory technology."