Quote Originally Posted by JF-AMD View Post
Yes, we are shipping for revenue (to OEMs). And if you run virtualization you will LOVE this processor. 12 cores, 4 memory channels.

I was in the lab yesterday and asked our power guy if it was really in the same power and thermals as Istanbul (6 core). He not only verified that, but also said that it idles lower. Of course, 12-core workloads are generally well threaded, so you won't probably see these at idle as much, but good to know if they do,having 2x the cores doesn't boost power consumption.
Just my personal opinion JF-AMD, but if you're buying one of these processors, you're not worrying about idle load!

Great to see AMD delivering.