One month ago AMD company announced its four core processors opteron, known under code designation barcelona. For AMD companies it was necessary to recognize that the announcement was detained as minimum by several months relative to original plans. Furthermore, the frequency of elder models barcelona did not exceed 2.0 GHz.
Let us recall that the frequencies of the first desktop processors phenom with four core will lie in the range 2.2-2.6 GHz, and the characteristics of server analogs will reach these indices soon. The announcement of phenom processors can occur at the end of November, but not during December, as it was planned earlier.
Associates interrogated important AMD partners and server producers in order to understand, to what extent were accessible barcelona processors to wholesale buyers. As it was explained, only separate AMD partners obtain these processors in quantities, which can be considered as sufficient. In retail it is possible to find processors with frequency 1.9 GHz, high end models barcelona are not thus far so extended.
However, Some AMD partners note that the situation with barcelona deliveries is gradually is adjusted, and now it is possible to obtain the processors within a week after wholesale order. It would be desirable to believe that situation will be better with phenom processors.