AMD Changed Naming Scheme For 45nm

According to industry sources,AMD has decided to modify the naming scheme for their 45nm desktop processors. While AMD is keeping the Phenom X3 phenom x3 and Phenom X4 branding, the model numbers have changed from four digits to five digits in length.

According to sources, AMD intends to start shipping DDR2 variants of Deneb this year as you can see from the table below.

Rumored 45nm Phenom Processor Roadmap

Name	Freq.	HT 3.0 Freq.	Memory	Total Cache	TDP	Release Date
Phenom X4 20x00	3.0GHz	4.0GHz*	DDR3-1333	8MB	125W	Q2 2009
Phenom X4 20550	3.0GHz	4.0GHz*	DDR2	8MB	125W	Q4 2008
Phenom X4 20x00	2.8GHz	4.0GHz*	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR3_SDDR3-1333	8MB	TBD	Q1 2009
Phenom X4 20350	2.8GHz	4.0GHz*	DDR2	8MB	125W	Q4 2008
Phenom X4 20x00	2.6GHz	4.0GHz*	DDR3-1333	8MB	95W	Q1 2009
Phenom X4 16x00	2.8GHz	4.0GHz*	DDR3-1333	2MB	95W	Q1 2009
Phenom X4 16x00	2.6GHz	4.0GHz*	DDR3-1333	3MB	95W	Q1 2009
Phenom X3 14x00	2.6GHz	4.0GHz*	DDR3-1333	7.5MB	95W	Q2 2009
Phenom X3 12x00	2.8GHz	4.0GHz*	DDR3-1333	1.5MB	95W	Q2 2009
Phenom X3 12x00	2.6GHz	4.0GHz*	DDR3-1333	1.5MB	95W	Q2 2009

*There are obviously errors in this rumored roadmap as HyperTransport 3.0 has a maximum clockspeed of 2.6GHz, and even the newly released HyperTransport 3.1 only runs at a maximum of 3.2GHz. It is possible that 4.0GT/s is meant instead, equating to a 2.0GHz HT 3.0 clockspeed across the board.

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