Codenamed Santa Rosa, the Rev. F Opterons will include the company’s Pacifica virtualization and Presidio security technologies. Santa Rosa will also bring support for DDR2 to the Opteron lineup for the first time as well. Aside from that, Santa Rosa marks a gradual evolution in the company’s server lineup.
The question of whether these will be favoured by enthusiasts as the 939 versions were is yet to be seen. Regardless, Opterons have proved to be a great asset to AMD, so I can’t wait until we see how these ones deliver.