45nm Processors Added to AMD Business Platform Family

According to AMD’s plan, it will unveil Phenom X4 9850B and Phenom X3 8850B with AM2+ socket in the first half of 2009, and then follow with brand-new “BXX” Series processors in Q3. Phenom II X4 B90, Phenom II X3 B70 and Athlon X2 B20 are equal to the consumer processors - Phenom II X4 900, Phenom II X3 700 and Athlon X2 200. Based on 45nm 50I technology, they all feature AM3 socket and support DDR2 or DDR3 memory.

Phenom II X4 B90 Series feature 4 cores, and their L2/L3 cache capacity is 8MB. They’re scheduled to come out with 2 verisons of 2.8GHz B93 and 2.6GHz B91, with 95W TDP. X3 B70 feature 3 cores with 7.5MB L2/L3 cache, coming out with versions of 2.9GHz B22 and 2.7GHz B71 of 65W TDP.

The existing processors for business platforms include Phenom X4 9000, Phenom X3 8000 and Athlon X2 5000. They are added a postfix of “B”, which is the only difference from consumer platforms. For instance, the corresonding model of Phenom X4 9600 is named as Phenom X4 9600B.

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Phenom II CPUs to be hitting stores in February

Already having announced their presence at the CES 2009, the 45nm-built Phenom II processors apparently aren't in a hurry to hit shelves. According to a fresh report, the Phenom II X4 920 (2.8 GHz) and 940 (3.0 GHz) will only be showcased, demoed, praised at CES in January with their retail availability being slated for February 4th. A few online stores have already listed the two Phenom II CPUs but obviously, they were up on pre-order.

Intel plans 'Merom' Core 2 CPU phase out

Intel has been adding 65nm processors to the phase out list recently with the latest 'damned' being quite a few 'Merom' Core 2 mobile processors. As just announced, the chip company is preparing to phase out both the tray and boxed versions of the 2.80 GHz Core 2 Extreme X7900 and the 2.60 GHz T7800, 2.40 GHz T7700, 2.0 GHz T7300, 1.8 GHz L7700 and 1.4 GHz L7300 Core 2 Duo processors.The discontinuance schedule will see Intel taking orders for the mentioned CPUs until April 3rd (2009) and deliver the box and tray products until July 3rd 2009 and June 4th 2010 respectively.

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AMD Phenom II gets closer

MoreComputers.com added a listing for a pair of the new Phenom II processors. The listings show that the Phenom II are to debut in 2.8GHz and 3.0GHz models, the 920 and 940 Black Edition.

The AMD Phenom II X4 920 is said to be going for about £190, while the X4 940 Black Edition comes out at £230. With faster clock speeds and bigger levels of cache, it may be that we'll get to see a real clash of the titans new year in the consumer microprocessor market. Nonetheless, we will have to keep a close eye out for Phenom II performance benchmarks at the beginning of next year.
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AMD Phenom II triple-core and quad-core

AMD’s exclusive rival on X86 microprocessor, Intel launched Core i7 Series Processor last week in a big way. Core i7 becomes a quad-core processor, but it doesn’t suppress its competitor by numbers, even though it supports Hyper-threading. AMD doesn’t think much about this, but users will do.

Phenom II Processor’s code name is “Deneb”. It will be the first triple-core processor backed by 45nm technology. AMD Phenom II triple-core and quad-core will be named in a new way. Triple-core will come out as Phenom II 700 Series, and quad-core products include Phenom II 800 and 900 Series with 6MB and 8MB of total L2 and L3 cache respectively.

Phenom II Series will come to us with 920 and 930 models firstly. The naming scheme is the same as Core i7. Their release date is scheduled to be Jan 18th, but according to latest information, it might be postponed till March 2009. The frequency of Phenom II 920/940 is 2.8GHz and 3.0GHz. They feature AM2+ socket, supporting DDR2-1066, not DDR3. Their TDPs are as high as 125W.

Besides improved L2+L3 cache capacity, slightly upgraded frequency and additional DDR3 support (920/940 only support DDR2), we can say 45nm Phenom II processor hardly bring something new to us. I am afraid that AMD will need to worry about its situation in 2009.

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Phenom X4 9950 hits 4.5Ghz

This entry has just been submitted to the cpu-z database: 9950 at 4.5GHz using 1.86v and LN2. Has yet to be confirmed valid, although it all seems pretty solid. Hooray for AMD yet again?

Core 2 processors with TDP desktop systems

Despite the recent debut of solutions based on Nehalem architecture, marketed under the brand name of Core I7 few days, Intel seems not willing to stop the development of solutions Core 2 Duo systems for Socket 775 LGA least for the first part of 2009 .

The debut of some new cpu with Intel quad core architecture characterized by low levels of consumption of particular content, with maximum TDP in 65 Watt said.

The models are to debut Core 2 Quad Q9550, with clock frequency of 2.83 GHz and L2 cache of 12 Mbytes, Core 2 Quad Q9400 with clock of 2.66 GHz and 6 MB of L2 cache and Core 2 Quad Q8200 with clock of 2.33 GHz and L2 cache of 4 MB. For all these cpu are the same value as TDP quad pumped bus and by 1333 for MHz clock.he prices are respectively 369, 320 and 245 U.S. dollars excluding taxes.

The following versions of the processor that will be presented by Intel during the month of November.
Core 2 Extreme QX9300
Core 2 Quad Q9100
Core 2 Extreme X9100
Core 2 Duo T9600
Core 2 Duo P9500
Core 2 Duo T9400
Core 2 Duo P8600.

AMD Phenom II overclocked to 6.3GHz

After initial disappointment with the original Phenom processors, AMD showed off its upcoming 45nm ‘Deneb’ desktop chip – now confirmed as Phenom II – for reviewers at an event in Texas this week, and overclocked the second-generation quad-core part to what some observers said was 6.3GHz.The company reached such clock speeds by using liquid nitrogen at an amazing -196C to cool the processor – apparently the new AMD design works flawlessly from -200C to +100C.

Of course not many people have access to such extreme cooling methods but the demo should at least show that the new Phenom II processors are scalable when it comes to clock speeds and quite stable at high frequencies.

The Phenom II parts were also able to hit 4GHz with air cooling and 5GHz with dry ice cooling. By comparison, Intel's top Core i7 processor listed as a 3.2 GHz part has been overclocked to 4.5 GHz on air cooling alone and some claim to have taken it to 5.7GHz using liquid nitrogen. The top Phenom II chip, due out sometime in the first quarter of 2009, will reportedly list as 3.0 GHz off the shelf.

AMD Phenom II, Overclocks To 5+GHz

Dragon platform is a combination of an AMD Phenom II X4 processor, Radeon 4800 Graphics cards and an AMD 7 series chipset based motherboard.

However, today’s discussion was keenly focused on AMD's upcoming Phenom II X4 processor, two models of which will launch in early January that will be socket AM2+ compatible. In addition, some time in Q1, AMD will launch new AM3 socket Phenom II X4 processors with support for DDR3-1333 memory. In the short term, (read CES ’08 time frame release) specifically, there will be two chips available with clock speeds starting at 2.8GHz but with a lot of headroom for future clock speed ramps as well as some heavy duty overclocking. In addition, with the transition to 45nm fab process technology for Phenom II, AMD is claiming a 30 – 40% power consumption reduction under full load and up to a 50% reduction under idle conditions.

Things certainly seem to be heating up in Austin and the transition to 45nm for AMD seems to be progressing quite well. We’ll be offering a full performance evaluation and showcase of AMD’s new Phenom II processor in the weeks ahead, so stay tuned.
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Intel Core i7 CPUs make their official debut

Top silicon maker and breaker, Intel Corporation has now officially launched the first processors based on the Nehalem architecture. Coming to take over the high-performance desktop segment, the Core i7 CPUs make use of a new Socket - LGA1366, are paired up with a new chipset (X58) and feature a heap of more or less new features.

"Intel has delivered the fastest desktop processor on Earth to the most demanding users on Earth, the ones who are using their PCs for video, gaming and music," said Patrick Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group. "When you couple what is Intel's biggest leap in chip design with other incredible innovations like Intel's solid state drives, the Core i7 processor has redefined the computer of tomorrow."

Going from 2.66 GHz (Core i7 920), through 2.93 GHz (940) and topping 3.2 GHz (Core i7 965 Extreme Edition), the new 45nm CPUs have four cores and eight threads, integrated triple channel DDR3 memory controller, 8MB of L3 cache, a TDP of 130W and can brag with the auto OC technology called Turbo Boost. As pretty much every performance preview/review has confirmed, the Core i7s are fast as heck but to get them you'll have to dig relatively deep in your pockets as the 'cheapest' model, the Core i7 920, has a price tag of $284 while your average X58 motherboard costs even more (and we didn't include the DDR3 kit). As confirmed by Intel, the Core i7 940 is priced at $562 while the 965 EE is at $999.

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