AMD announced today new Opterons models 148, 248 and 848. These new models run at 2.2GHz, matching performance from its desktop sibling, the Athlon 64 FX-51. Our friends at TR have a detailed report (http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2003q4/opteron-x48/index.x?pg=1) on the new CPUs.

On a related note, Sun (http://news.com.com/2100-7340_3-5108032.html?tag=st_lh) said today that it will introduce two- and four-processor Sun Fire servers that will be powered by Opteron CPUs.