AMD Opteron 6168 1.9 GHz Processor

Direct Connect Architecture 2.0

Quad Channel Memory

Quad channel memory offers double the memory capacity and memory bandwidth of the previous generations of AMD Opteron processors. (Based on quad channel DDR3-1333 for AMD Opteron 6100 Series processor vs. dual channel DDR2-800 for six-core AMD Opteron processor.)

R/U-DDR3 Memory up to 1333 MHz

R/U-DDR3 memory up to 1333 MHz enables improved system performance

HyperTransport Technology Assist (HT Assist)

HT Assist increases HyperTransport technology efficiency by reducing probe traffic and resolving probe issues

HyperTransport 3.0 Technology (HT3)

HT3 with 4th HT Link and increased speed up to 6.4 GT/s provides system bandwidth between CPU's and I/O to help improve system balance and scalability

Cache and Core Count

Core count of 12 cores and total 19.6MB cache offers improved performance and performance/watt compared to prior generations for multi-threaded environments such as virtualization, database, and web serving

AMD-P 2.0 Power Savings Features

Advanced Platform Management Link (APML)*

APML (in APML-enabled platforms) provides an interface for processor and systems management monitoring and controlling of system resources such as platform power consumption via p-state limits and CPU thermals to closely monitor power and cooling.

AMD CoolSpeed Technology

If the processor's thermal environment exceeds safe operational limits, AMD CoolSpeed Technology reduces the p-states to allow the server to operate

C1E

C1E provides a sleep state that can equate to significant power savings in the datacenter, depending on system configuration

LV-DDR3 Memory

LV-DDR3 memory support reduces overall system power consumption

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) Technology 2.0

I/O Level Virtualization

AMD-V 2.0 supports I/O level virtualization to provide direct control of device by a VM (enabled by the SR5690/SR5670/SR5650 chipsets) and improve I/O performance within a virtual machine
Supports AMD-V with Rapid Virtualization Indexing
Supports Tagged Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB)
Supports AMD-V Extended Migration