AMD has unveiled and launched a new line of low-power processor aimed for use in the NAS and microserver scenarios, the new Opteron X-series. Formerly known under the Kyoto codename, the new Opteron X-series includes the X2150 quad-core APU as well the X1150 quad-core CPU.

According to AMD, the new X1150 and the X2150 Opteron X-series line beats Intel Atom S-line by quite a margin in key performance benchmarks and features twice the amount of cores and L2 case, advanced pipeline architecture, higher integration and support for up to 32GB of DRAM memory.

The AMD Opteron X2150 is actually the first server APU SoC that integrates both the CPU and GPU engines with a high-speed bus on a single die and does it with a 11W TDP. It works at up to 1.9GHz CPU clock and features AMD Radeon HD 8000-class GPU with 128 stream processor that can work at anywhere between 266 and 600MHz. Of course, higher clocks raises the TDP up to 22W. The X1150 does not feature a GPU part but also has four Jaguar 64-bit x86 cores working at up to 2.0GHz and has a TDP range of 9 to 17W.

As noted, the entire Opteron X-series line includes support for up to 32GB of DDR3-1600 memory has 2MB of L2 cache, integrated SATA ports, USB 2.0 and 3.0 port, DisplayPort, VGA and HDMI outputs and PCI-e Gen 2 8-lane interface. Both are packed in a 24.5x24.5mm FT3 BGA package.

The price of the X2150 is set at US $99 for 1KU while the X1150 has a US $64 price tag. Both AMD Opteron X-Series chips sound like quite a neat pieces of silicon and we hope that we'll see them in some interesting NAS and microserver devices pretty soon. According to details, HP certainly aims to use them in their future HP Moonshot servers.





Source: AMD.com.