AMD officially launched its dual core systems today with the Opteron 800 series, primarily for servers and workstations. The 200 Series processors for two-way servers and workstations will be available in late May, whilst desktop PC users will have the AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core processor brand although this will be officially launched in June 2005. Already vendors such as HP have announced a new range of servers based on the Dual Core AMD Opteron.

Keep a close eye on the Testbed, as we will have results available in the coming days.