AMD Six-Core ‘Istanbul` Processor Slated for Second Half of `09 Release

Advanced Micro Devices is looking to offer its first six-core processor, currently codenamed “Istanbul,” by the second half of 2009. AMD has been demonstrating the new processor, which uses the same socket and thermal envelope as the current crop of 45-nm AMD Opteron processors. This AMD processor will compete against the likes of Intel’s six-core Xeon chip.