AMD representatives already announced in mid January that Barcelona processors with B3 core stepping should start sampling this quarter. According to CNET.com referring to recent AMD officials’ statements, the company started sampling Barcelona processors based on B3 core stepping to its server partners last week.
Server Barcelona processors with new K10 micro-architecture didn’t really get widely spread yet because of the notorious “TLB bug” that resulted in stability loss in case all four processor cores were loaded heavily. This problem occurred mostly in the server segment that is why server solutions manufacturers looked forward to new B3 core stepping that was free from this unpleasant bug.
Dell and HP representatives confirmed that they were going to start shipping solutions on Barcelona processors with B3 core stepping in the first half of Q2 2008. So far they are receiving the samples, but by the beginning of Q2 they should already have enough of mass units available. "We expect to start shipping systems in early Q2," HP spokesman Eric Krueger said Thursday. "We are anxious to get these systems moving soon," he added. HP has had documentation on its site for almost a month describing the HP ProLiant DL585, which Krueger confirms will carry the Barcelona processor.
Desktop Phenom processors with B3 core stepping should appear only in Q2 2008. As for the triple-core Phenom 8xxx processors prepared for March launch, the first shipments using B2 stepping will go to the OEM segment, while retail customers will be getting CPUs with B3 core stepping next quarter.
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Take your time AMD... take your time...
[Posted by: black | Date: 03/03/08 08:15:33 PM]
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I hope AMD looses phailure and brings something better next year.
Till then, ima have fun waiting for Isaiah.
[Posted by: Joz | Date: 03/03/08 08:37:03 PM]
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And about time (though I don't remember ever reading that the bug actually caused problems in any of the reviews I've seen, with or without the BIOS patch). Hopefully they can get things going in the frequency department as well.
[Posted by: Ivan | Date: 03/04/08 03:55:21 AM]
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"because of the notorious “TLB bug” that resulted in stability loss in case all four processor cores were loaded heavily"
So is a pre B3 tri-core Phenom affected by the TLB bug?
[Posted by: RadonPL | Date: 03/04/08 07:57:46 AM]
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Best Buy is selling systems with the TLB-affected Phenom processor. They seem to be compensating by stacking them with 3GB of memory, a 22' monitor, and 1TB of drive space. When I asked the Lead sales person about whether the system had a chip with the bug he of course had no idea what I was talking about and even said that the local Intel rep said that the Phenom 9500 seriously outperformed the Q6600. When I asked for the name of the Intel person and the website where he got that info he of course had no idea
[Posted by: GDW | Date: 03/04/08 12:43:10 PM]
yes pre b3 is affected by the bug, but they covered the bug by a bios update which reduced the overall system performance by around 8%-11%, which of course gave core 2 duo processor another boost.
Anyway, it was rumored that only ppl running virtual machines will realize the bug "on pre-updated bios systems", but i don't know if that's true or not.
[Posted by: Me, expressing myself | Date: 03/07/08 01:21:07 AM]
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Yeah, people have only been waiting how long? I mean seriously they got the first tape outs like last month, get to it AMD. I hope to see some 9550's without the TLB bug pretty soon, or I may even consider a Tri-Core part, without the TLB bug of course.
[Posted by: Megamanx00 | Date: 03/04/08 02:10:37 PM]
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I was so looking forward to buying the new B3 Phenom but after looking at the huge differences in power draw compared to Penryn (more than double under load) I think I'll wait to see how the .45nm Phenom's go
[Posted by: alpha0ne | Date: 03/04/08 06:22:19 PM]
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