In a bid to offer as fast central processing units, as Intel Corp. does with its Core 2 Duo, Advanced Micro Devices is expected to significantly broaden its lineup of advanced microprocessors in the fourth quarter of the year, just in time to coincide with the beginning of Core 2 Duo promotional campaign.
As reported earlier, the top-of-the-range chips in AMD’s family will be intended for the 4x4 platform and will require to be installed in pairs. For typical performance-demanding users AMD will unveil new speed-bins of AMD Athlon 64 X2 processors with model number up to 6000+ and clock-speed up to 3.00GHz.
In November, 2006, AMD is expected to release AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ (2.80GHz, 1MB L2 cache [512KB per core]), 5600+ (2.80GHz, 2MB L2 cache [1MB per core]) and 6000+ (3.00GHz, 2MB L2 cache [1MB per core]), according to Tweakers.net web-site. The 5400+ and 5600+ chips will fit into 98W power envelope, whereas the 6000+ will consume up to 125W.
Also, later on AMD plans to unveil Athlon 64 FX-70 (2.60GHz, 2MB L2 cache [1MB per core]), FX-72 (2.80GHz, 2MB L2 cache [1MB per core]) and FX-74 (3.00GHz, 2MB L2 cache [1MB per core]) microprocessors in 1207-pin form-factor for AMD 4x4 platform. Even though the cost of a 4x4 system will be very high, as AMD Athlon 64 FX-series processors cost around $1000 each, however, the 4x4 represents “performance at any cost” approach, which should dethrone the Intel Core 2 Duo and Extreme processors.
All the high-speed dual-core processors from AMD will be made using 90nm process technology this year.
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150W around the corner?
[Posted by: 1234 | Date: 09/26/06 04:19:21 AM]
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AMD is really struggling at the moment and will for the following years to come. Intel will keep its performance/price advantage for years to come. One should be mad to buy anything AMD right now.
[Posted by: EXCALIBUR | Date: 09/26/06 06:53:43 AM]
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I have to say, when it comes to uninformed exaggerated nonsense, you really take the cake.
All AMD has to do is hold out for 9 months. NOT years.
They're approaching CPU development with elegance. While Intel is doing what it can to compete. Their P4 has dug a hole for them, and they're getting themselves out with the Conroe. Their design isn't elegant when you scale the number of CPUs or cores. This is why they're doing their own version of HyperTransport. Its called CSI, and its coming in 2008.
The only "mad" person here, is the one sprouting nonsense. You do realise that future AMD CPUs will be backward compatible with Socket AM2 don't you? That includes quad-cores and those that are Socket AM3. (As they contain support for both DDR2 and DDR3 in their memory controllers).
Only short-sighted morons (like yourself), would make such utterly dumb comments.
[Posted by: 5432 | Date: 09/26/06 12:55:16 PM]
Exactly.
I can buy an AM2 Single core CPU from the Sempron to Athlon, Athlon X2 and plug the Athlon X4 with just a bios update.
Is that bad? I don’t think so.
I only think AMD had mistaken with the DDR sockets (S754 and S939). S754 was a good idea initially but only if they didn’t released the S939 for the desktop.
But not now. They are doing the right thing. One socket for each platform, Mobile, Desktop, Server.
[Posted by: Kaz | Date: 09/27/06 07:02:53 AM]
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Well, I have very little comments to make this time as AMD is trying to compete with is Intel Conroe 2 at this time. I feel that they should have a more tactical way of handling Intel at this time. In myopinion, may be that AMD wants to exploit all the possible potentials of the K8 architecture using the 65nm manufacturing technology.
[Posted by: Tunde Adeolu | Date: 09/26/06 07:47:07 AM]
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One can bet on that, 65nm X2 Turions are about to run circles around C2D on power front.
Hell, even 90nm T64 X2 is on par power-wise with CD not to mention C2D!
[Posted by: mino | Date: 09/27/06 10:30:40 AM]
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Turion in any flavor cannot match C2D Merom for power consumption. I've yet to see a benchmark from around the web that can show otherwise. Turions compete on price - that's what you do when you can't compete on features. And C2D Merom has a four-issue core, that alone gives it a distinct edge in performance clock-for-clock with the Turion.
AMD is in their mini version of netburst right now. Ramp up clock speeds/heat/power consumption on existing architecture and hope you can compete. Problem is that AMD can't bin out enough chips to satisfy much demand at all. Intel will have improved binning by the time these chips are out anyhow, and will ramp up clocks too. But they will not have the same heat/power problems as they are still refining the process. A64 is very mature and AMD is going to have to squeeze it to get much more out of it.
AMD needs a new mARCH to compete. Period.
[Posted by: Mark1 | Date: 09/29/06 10:44:11 AM]
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Hello iam a Hardware Engg. i need a Hi end Processor which Supports More memory Capacity and as well as Chache Memory Can u send me the details which would i preffer AMD or Intel
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[Posted by: Chandrashekhar | Date: 06/23/07 01:00:41 AM]
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