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AMD plans phasing out both 45nm and older CPUs

Written by IT News on 2:31 AM

According to the latest news on the Web, and the CPU Benchmarked result, Advanced Micro Devices' upcoming enthusiast II processors have already appeared on online retailers, although the company has not yet been officially introduced, they continue. The new phenom X4 II 920, ie at 2.8 GHz and buff X4 II 940 runs at 3 GHz to appear at prices from $ 271 to $ 317 for the former and $ 304 to $ 373 for the latter. The chips come with 8MB of cache and work with DDR2 platforms.

As previously reported, AMD plans to introduce the chip in CES 2009, Jan. 8. These are the first chips from its new fan II, members of central processing units, based on the Deneb core. The first chip in the series with the current AM2 + chip sets, but the chip manufacturer announced that henceforth parts would also have support for the upcoming AM3 platform, which would work with DDR3 memory modules.

The Sunnyvale based also reported plans to release new Athlon processors in its brand. The chips are manufactured under 45nm technology, and according to the news, we'll see how the six parts, during the first half of next year. It seems that AMD plans to release the new quad-core Athlon X4 615; 605, and the triple-core Athlon X3 420 and 410 sometime in April, in preparation, but also dual-core Athlon X2 240 and 235 for June 2009.

In addition, AMD has already begun to plan the gradual abolition of the upcoming 45nm AM2 + phenom X4 II 920 and 940 Black Edition CPU. Since the chips are only signs of a transition to AM3 parts, the company is said to issue a final notice to chip in May next year. In addition, starting this month, AMD takes orders for the phenom X4 9650-processor. The message also notes that society is the last note for the enthusiast X4 9950 (140W) and 9850 (125W) in March 2009, when they do the same for the phenom X4 9750, 9850 (95W) and 9950 (125W) in June.

AMD has already begun phasing out their triple-core phenom X3 8450 and 8550 CPU, and said that the plan to the Planning Commission to the last, buff X3 8650 and X3 phenom in 8850 and 8750 for March and June. Also in March, the low-power Athlon X2 4450e CPU will be his last appointment notice is issued.

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AMD's Phenom II chips got benchmarked

Written by IT News on 2:24 AM

Without a doubt, Advanced Micro Devices' next-generation II buff processors are expected. The new chips, based on the company's core processes Deneb, said in a position to chip manufacturers back in a competitive position in relation to its rival Intel. The chips have made it to the headlines on Recently, quite often, and now we learn that an enthusiast has succeeded, the hands of one of the processors and run some benchmarks on them.

The next fan II 940 CPU, which comes with a core frequency of 3 GHz and 8 MB cache, is at the helm have a 4091 on the 3DMark06 results. In addition, the player also managed to over clock the chip at 3.85GHz, a speed with which a score of the 5086th The buff-II-940 CPU is currently compatible with AMD AM2 + chipsets and work with DDR2, the effect on the valuation managed to deliver.

The Sunnyvale company announced that the first AM2 + chips it would release the new members is only to mark the transition to the next to come AM3 platform, which comes with DDR3 support. In addition, AMD also plans for relief at a certain point parts compatible with AM2 + and AM3 platforms. Since DDR3 platforms is expected that they will provide higher performance than the existing ones, the chip is a better 3DMark06 values.

The buff-II processors were reported to be quite large OverClockers, so that their frequency to leverage up to 4GHz on air and 6.3GHz for liquid nitrogen. Despite this, 5086 results do not look too impressive in comparison with 6608 points i7 Intel Core Extreme managed up to a similar speed. The difference between the chips is large enough, but AMD may be able to surprise us if the fan II is launched.

Next-generation AMD processors are expected to be presented at CES 2009 in January. The Sunnyvale company will release two processors at this time, the phenom X4 II 920 and phenom X4-II-940 processors.

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AMD's Phenom II chips to gain more performance with DDR3

Written by IT News on 7:16 PM

It appears that Advanced Micro Devices' upcoming enthusiast II processors, which come with DDR3 support and AM3 socket, can increase the overall performance of your computer by almost 5 percent. This is obviously something that was expected, since most DDR3 platforms can run a little faster. Nevertheless, there are some who might consider the extremely cheap DDR2 memory modules are a better acquisition, as the performance gain is not so great overall.

On the other hand, the upcoming AM3 chipset is reported not to be too much of an over clocker. It is rumored to be able to offer the same overclocking capacity for DDR2, while the memory controller will be contained in the CPU. The problem is that they are ready to get buff II Deneb-based chips include both DDR3 and DDR2 memory controllers, which would basically mean that the processor will work with DDR3 on an AM3 chip, while stuck with DDR2 on AM2 + platform.

The buff II AM3 chips are the only ones expected to experience this issue, as the first AM2 + processors will be launched will only support DDR2. As already reported, the next generation phenom II DDR3 chips and support platforms are planned to February launch.

In related news, we learn that AMD may launch its new dual-core chips for higher-than-expected speeds. As I said earlier, the next phenom X4 II chip will contain a 3 GHz core frequency, while the future Kuma c10 65nm CPU will only beginning 2.7GHz.

According to recent news, the dual-core Regor chip, manufactured in 45nm technology, will actually sport 3 GHz or higher core speed. The higher speed may be just a rumor at the moment, but we have already seen that AMD has in store a nice range of competitive products, and the company could surprise us again.

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AMD's Phenom II chips expected to come in December

Written by IT News on 7:10 PM

According to the recent news that spreads on the net, Advanced Micro Devices' next-generation Deneb-based Phenom-II microprocessors is scheduled launched in December 2008. To be more precise, the chip is said to be delivered starting on December 20 in the U.S., while arriving two days earlier in Europe , 18. When the news shows, we will see both OEM and retail versions of fan II 920 and buff II 940 CPU.

The information on the upcoming AMD chips will have seen the light of day with an AMD processor distributor for only a few days ago. In addition, the pricing for the CPU and has also been disclosed, and the word is that the new buff II X4 920 (2.8GHz) is expected to feature price tag of around $ 235, while the X4 940 (3 GHz) should be sold for about $ 275.

Price range on the next-to-the-buff II processors will be somewhat different in Europe, where land is estimated to cost € 220 for the X4 920 and € 250 to € 260 for X4 940-series. Those who are considering whether to make such an acquisition should also add tax to the figures. As mentioned above, the distributor confirmed the chips should hit the European market on December 18.

If AMD does not plan to make any change to the announced price, then the fan II X4 940 chip would cost a little less than Intel Core 2 Quad 9550 processor. At the same time, X4 920 should be priced slightly below Core 2 Quad Q9400.

As many of you already know, AMD announced plans to launch its enthusiast II processor cores based on the company's new architecture Deneb in January 2009. Given that AMD is now reported to launch its CPU before Christmas, we may witness some price cuts by Intel during the holiday period.

[source softpedia.com]

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AMD's Phenom II chips to gain more performance with DDR3

Written by IT News on 2:34 AM

It appears that Advanced Micro Devices' upcoming enthusiast II processors, which come with DDR3 support and AM3 socket, can increase the overall performance of your computer by almost 5 percent. This is obviously something that was expected, since most DDR3 platforms can run a little faster. Nevertheless, there are some who might consider the extremely cheap DDR2 memory modules are a better acquisition, as the performance gain is not so great overall.

On the other hand, the upcoming AM3 chipset is reported not to be too much of an overclocker. It is rumored to be able to offer the same overclocking capacity for DDR2, while the memory controller will be contained in the CPU. The problem is that they are ready to get buff II Deneb-based chips include both DDR3 and DDR2 memory controllers, which would basically mean that the processor will work with DDR3 on an AM3 chip, and stuck with DDR2 in an AM2 platform .

The buff II AM3 chips are the only ones expected to experience this issue, as the first AM2 processors will be launched will only support DDR2. As already reported, the next generation phenom II DDR3 chips and support platforms are planned to February launch.

In related news, we learn that AMD may launch its new dual-core chips for higher-than-expected speeds. As I said earlier, the next phenom X4 II chip will contain a 3 GHz core frequency, while the future Kuma c10 65nm CPU will only beginning 2.7GHz.

According to recent news, the dual-core Regor chip, manufactured in 45nm technology, will actually sport 3 GHz or higher core speed. The higher speed may be just a rumor at the moment, but we have already seen that AMD has in store a nice range of competitive products, and the company could surprise us again. [softpedia.com]

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Intel claims that Core i7 965 can perform 50% better than Core 2 Quad QX9770

Written by IT News on 9:18 PM

Late last month, we stumbled on a review of Intel's upcoming Core processor i7, which we presented to you. The revision was made as a comparative benchmark between Intel's upcoming desktop processor, one of the company's current quad-core QX9770, which Core i7 succeeded better than in most of these tests, which show that Intel's next-generation processor architecture will surely increase computer use as we know it.

After that article, it seems that the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker has finally decided to disclose more details about its upcoming processors. Not for us mortals, of course, but rather by its partner, who has apparently received a document from Intel claims that its upcoming processors have been built to provide a performance increase of 50%. The document in question shows the differences between the company's Core 2 Quad QX9770 and has not yet been released Core i7 Extreme 965.
According to the document, the QX9770 is 52% more performance for 3D games, 38% more doing the performance, and 41% more film editing and conversion performance. To achieve these figures, Core i7 platform was built by an X58-based motherboard, 3 GB DDR3 and a discrete graphics card. Unfortunately there is no information on the Core 2 Quad platform, but the numbers do seem to confirm the benchmark results that we told you about last month.

It would be nice to see a comparative review of the Core i7 and the upcoming Deneb from AMD, if only to get an overall idea of how the consumer CPU market would see in the coming months. Also, it would be very interesting if AMD managed to deliver a processor faster than anticipated, giving Intel, which has been the leading chip maker for some time now, a run for their money, much as it has done with NVIDIA, after releasing the Radeon 4000 series of graphics. [source softpedia]