In an attempt to offer a product that would better compete against Intel’s recently released lineup of slightly improved dual-core central processing units (CPUs), Advanced Micro Devices is rumoured to unveil a new version of its dual-core AMD Athlon 64 X2 offerings.
The new AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ will operate at 3.20GHz, will contain 2MB of level-two cache (1MB per core), built-in DDR2 memory controller and will be compatible with socket AM2 platforms. Thermal design power of the chip is unclear, but it may be as high as 125W, as the chip is still produced using 90nm silicon-on-insulator process technology.
The new product will cost $224 in 1000-unit quantities, reports TechConnect Magazine, but it is not completely clear, when it is set to be introduced. Nevertheless, it is very likely that the chip will be available in massive quantities well ahead of the back-to-school season.
AMD’s top-of-the-range Athlon 64 X2 is expected to be the last speed-bin for the desktop-class microprocessors based on the current micro-architecture and will have to compete against Intel Core 2 Duo lineup for several months. It remains to be seen whether the chip can really outperform, or perform inline with its rivals.
AMD did not comment on the news-story.
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Something is better than nothing.
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Posted by: realitycheck
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Date: 07/23/07 06:43:39 AM]
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Only 2MB?
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Posted by: Moe Szyslak
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Date: 07/23/07 08:35:28 AM]
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lol.
can anyone say "GHz" war.
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Posted by: Joz
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Date: 07/23/07 08:57:15 AM]
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well AMD plans to milk the K8 architecture til the last drop...
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Posted by: dudde
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Date: 07/23/07 11:12:21 AM]
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Lame. Why not spin up a new 939?
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Posted by: jackwipe
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Date: 07/23/07 11:21:22 AM]
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If they would have invested in a solid 65nm shrink they could have gotten at least a 15% speed up on 90nm... a 3.6-3.8 dual core K-8 would be possible. it wouldn't win Core 2 - but at least it could have boasted ASP quite a bit.
AMD should have gone quad K8 and solid 65nm transition and bring K10+ only at 45nm mid 2008.
instead they focused on pulling in a big new design early on the expanse of maintaining competition... and failed pulling it in and getting in it up to speed (as to be expected).
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Posted by: Yossi
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Date: 07/24/07 06:25:19 AM]
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K8 is really old... even if it is fully transitioned to 65nm! check the benchmarks around the net... 65nm K8 chips are not even that close to knocking off C2D chips... what AMD should have done years back (probably 2-3yrs back) was that they should have started designing or preparing enhancements to the K8 design (K10 is still technically a derivative of the K8)...
Barcelona's design came in late! It only came at around the time Intel was about to unleash C2D! Now AMD is rushing to fine tune as well as manufacture a product that could have been designed and built early on.
AMD became complacent during the time it had the performance crown.
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Posted by: dudde
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Date: 07/25/07 08:12:21 PM]
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K8 is dead. Nothing on the K8 platform can even touch a Core 2 processor.
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Posted by: nuff
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Date: 07/25/07 11:44:03 AM]
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Not without a few(few, few( about 600-900) mhz over it at least.
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Posted by: Joz
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Date: 07/25/07 02:38:07 PM]
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bullshit
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Posted by: bullshit
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Date: 07/25/07 07:29:50 PM]
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