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AMD Stopped Shipping Phenom II and Athlon II CPUs

Despite Bulldozer not being the success that everybody has hoped for, AMD has now stopped shipping Phenom II and Athlon II processors fabricated on the 45nm node, except for one such chip in the P II line.The new processors based on the Llano and Bulldozer architecture AMD released this year will slowly but surely ta...

2 December 2011
15:31 GMT

AMD to Revive Athlon II and Sempron Product Lines with New Llano APUs

Earlier this year we reported that AMD plans to retire its longstanding Athlon II and Sempron brands completely from the processor market, but it now seems like the Sunnyvale-based company is interested in giving these names a new lease of life with the introduction of new chips based on the Llano architecture. Th...

5 August 2011
16:01 GMT

AMD Athlon II and Phenom II CPUs Drift Out of the Picture

Advanced Micro Devices is now offering advanced Fusion processors, so older-generation CPUs are, understandably enough, starting to fade out of the general picture, Athlon II and Phenom II units, apparently, in the lead.End-users might remember that, not too long ago, reports arose saying that certain central proces...

30 June 2011
04:44 GMT

AMD Phenom II X2 521 Is Actually a Renamed Athlon II CPU

AMD seems to have turned the introduction of Phenom II parts without any L3 cache into a habit, as the company has recently added another such processor to its lineup, the Phenom II X2 521, which is right now available in a series of OEM systems. This is the third Phenom II processor based on the dual-core version...

17 June 2011
08:14 GMT

AMD Athlon II X4 640 with Thuban Core Spotted, Is Fully Unlockable

Shortly after the launch of its first six-core processors based on the Thuban core, AMD has revealed that it plans to bring its new chip design into the less powerful Athlon II X4 processor range and it seems like that day has finally come as a Thuban-based Athlon II X4 640 has been spotted online. These new Athno...

13 May 2011
16:01 GMT

AMD Slashes the Prices of Phenom II and Athlon II Processors

Together with the introduction of the company's flagship quad-core processor, the Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition, AMD has also lowered the prices of its entire line of Athlon II and Phenom II CPUs. On average, the prices were reduced with about 11.6 percent, but some processors got their price cut with more t...

4 May 2011
15:41 GMT

AMD Launches Four New Athlon II and Phenom II CPUs

Together with the company's flagship Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition processors, AMD has also introduced four other CPUs to its lineup that packs dual and quad computing cores and are based on the company's Athlon II and Phenom II designs. Outside of the 980 BE, the other Phenom II chip announced today is...

4 May 2011
04:15 GMT

AMD Readies the Fastest Athlon II X2 to Date, the 3.5GHz 275

Together with a wide series of processors based on the Daned and Propus cores, AMD is also preparing to launch its fastest dual-core Athlon II CPU to date, the Athlon II X2 275 that will be clocked at 3.5GHz. The processor wasn't made official by AMD, but it has been uncovered by the XFastest publication in t...

2 May 2011
07:04 GMT

AMD Athlon II X2 270 Emerges in HP Systems, X2 275 Expected Later in Q2

Initially scheduled for a Q4 2010 release, the Athlon II X2 270 has now emerged in a series of HP desktops and recent reports claim that the CPU will only be available in OEM systems as AMD is preparing a faster version of the chip, dubbed the X2 275, for the retail channel. The Athlon II line of processors are ba...

26 April 2011
06:12 GMT

AMD Prepares Athlon II X4 650 CPU for Q2 2011 Launch

While everybody is keenly awaiting AMD to release the first Bulldozer and Llano processors to market, the Sunnyvale-based company is hard at work developing new processors built on the current Daneb and Propus architectures and one of these upcoming CPUs is the Athlon II X4 650 which is expected to arrive in a few we...

11 April 2011
15:21 GMT

AMD's Phenom II X4 850 CPU to Become Official in a Few Weeks' Time

Even though, right now, everyone's attention is turned towards the high-performance Bulldozer CPUs that are expected to ship at the beginning of the summer, AMD is still developing new Phenom II and Athlon II processors and one of the first chips scheduled to arrive on the market is the Phenom II X4 850. When...

4 April 2011
08:40 GMT

AMD Phenom II X2 511 Is Actually a Rebranded Athlon II CPU

Back when the AMD Phenom II X4 840 CPU was launched at the beginning of the year, many hardware reviews were quick to point that the processors was actually based on the Propus core and not on Daneb, as its name would lead us to believe, AMD doing this one more for the Phenom II X2 511 CPU that is actually just a ren...

28 January 2011
05:28 GMT

AMD Brings Out Six New Athlon II CPUs

The extensive collection of mobile central processors that AMD plans to release, and that has already scored a high number of design wins, is likely the main thing on the minds of many consumers. Unfortunately, these new parts won't come out before June. All is not lost, though, seeing how Advanced Micro Devices...

11 May 2010
05:13 GMT

AMD Preps New Dual-Core Processors

Intel isn't the only chip maker that will provide consumers with a new line of processors, as the Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices is also reported to be planning the release of a couple of new additions to its series of Phenom II and Athlon II CPUs. According to reports on the Internet, the wo...

5 January 2010
06:59 GMT

AMD Updates Athlon II Family with Eight New Processors

Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has announced today the debut of a couple of new desktop processors, part of the company's extending line of Athlon II chips. With Windows 7 just around the corner, these new parts are expected to provide system builders and users alike with a choice for an affo...

20 October 2009
03:58 GMT

AMD Hits the Jackpot with Industry's First US$99 Quad-Core Processor

Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices has announced today the expansion of its line of Athlon II processors, with the introduction of two new models, the Athlon II X4 620 and Athlon II X4 630, both of which have been designed for the mainstream market and take advantage of the chip maker's energy-ef...

16 September 2009
02:44 GMT

AMD Takes the Wraps Off the Athlon II X2 245 and 240 Processors

Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices, the world's second largest vendor of computer processors, has announced today the expansion of its line of 45nm-based CPUs with the introduction of the two new Athlon II X2 dual-core 245 and 240 processors. According to the company, the new models have been spe...

22 July 2009
06:55 GMT

Rumor Mill: AMD Preps Launch of Athlon II in June

Sunnyvale, California-based AMD has reportedly rescheduled the launch of its new affordable quad-core and triple-core computer processors, designed on the company's new 45nm process technology. These chips are supposed to come to the market under the brand name of Athlon II and become available sometime in the A...

2 April 2009
04:46 GMT


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