Yesterday we wrote a bit about AMD's upcoming twelve-core Opteron here and we learned a few more details about it.

Both twelve-core Magny-Cours and six-core Sao Paolo will use socket G34 and this socket and Maranello platform can accommodate DDR3.

The twelve-core Magny-Cours is a multi-chip module and is also known by its MCM abbreviation. This means you will have two six-cores on a single chip and it should look very much like Kentsfiend and Yorkfield, just much bigger.

The 12-core CPU at 45nm will have to be quiet and big, and both new six and twelve-cores are scheduled for first half of 2010; we just hope that this includes a real availability at the same time.