I agree, it is not a 16-core, "merely" a 12-core. I was just responding to Garrett's question about a modern AMD CPU.
- Rich On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:33 PM, Bob Friesenhahn <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 7 Dec 2011, Rich wrote: > >> root@nosuch1:~# smbios -i 1024ID SIZE TYPE1024 96 >> SMB_TYPE_PROCESSOR (processor) >> Manufacturer: AMD Version: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6172 Location >> Tag: CPU1 > > > This seems like an earlier Opteron CPU. The new ones would be 62XX numbers. > They do fit in the same socket. > > The 6200 series Opterons support 16 cores per CPU in a dual or quad socket > organization. > > > Bob > -- > Bob Friesenhahn > [email protected], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ > GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ > > > ------------------------------------------- > illumos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now > RSS Feed: > https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21253829-71dc39ef > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
