AMD Readies New Dual-Core CPUs

While NVIDIA is busy handling the significant attention it gained by finally launching its Fermi-based GF100-powered GeForce GTX 470 and GTX 480 DirectX 11 graphics cards, AMD isn't impressed and seems to be going about its business as usual. In fact, AMD appears so unaffected that the stream of leaks and reports about its upcoming processors is flowing as strong as ever. Actually, not too long ago, Fudzilla even managed to get information on some soon-to-be released dual and single-core CPUs that the Sunnyvale, California-based chip maker had in store for its unsuspecting customers.

According to the report, Advanced Micro Devices should be just about ready to introduce a new batch of Athlon II X2 CPUs with a TDP of 45W. One of them is the Athlon II X2 250e, which has a frequency of 3GHz, whereas the other one is the 245e, at 2.9 GHz.

The report also suggests that it is possible for these chips to use the C3 stepping, although there is no way of knowing for certain. Either way, the chips will add to the existing pair of Regor-based central processors, namely the 2.8GHz 240e and the 2.7GHz 135e. Both have the same thermal design power (TDP) of 45W.

In addition to these two dual-core processors, AMD is also supposedly preparing to reveal a pair of chips for the Sempron family, based on the Sargas core. These chips will also consume 45W and are known as the Sempron 180 and Sempron 145. The former's clock is still unknown, though it shouldn't stay so for much longer, as for the latter, its frequency is of 2.7GHz.

Unfortunately, even though the report says these chips should all make their appearance soon, there is no way of knowing for sure when that will be. The prices will also have to remain a mystery, at least until a new leak finally brings them to light.