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AMD Zosma Cores Form Phenom II 960T CPU, Goes from X4 to X6

Advanced Micro Devices may no longer be too keen on releasing central processing units with unlockable cores, but it looks like some exceptions are still being made, like the Phenom II 960T.Central processing units with unlockable cores are something that Advanced Micro Devices has had on sale for quite a few years....

27 June 2011
03:27 GMT

AMD Not Making Any More Phenom Chips for a While, APUs Inbound

It appears that a certain central processing unit that Advanced Micro Devices unleashed not long ago is going to be the last newcomer people will see for a while, at least according to a leaked slide.No doubt at least some part of the worldwide consumer base has heard about the new central processor from Advanced Mi...

4 May 2011
03:08 GMT

AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Is Weak

Advanced Micro Devices may have just launched a new so-called flagship processor, but it looks like its prowess was found lacking by some, even though it is supposed to be one of, if not the fastest AMD quad-core CPU to date. While a chip maker might unleash what it calls a chip more powerful that those before it, s...

3 May 2011
10:53 GMT

Gigabyte Releases AM3 Motherboard with Nvidia Chipset, the GA-M52LT-D3P

Although almost five years have passed since Nvidia introduced its nForce 500-series chipset, destined to power AMD socket AM2 and Intel LGA 775 motherboards, Gigabyte has recently announced the introduction of a new solutions based on this design which is compatible with AMD's latest AM3 processors.This include...

21 February 2011
15:41 GMT

AMD Phenom II X4 B99 Processor Spotted

Apart from consumer grade processors, AMD also designs and distributes a special line of CPUs that is destined to find its way into business desktops called the B-series, a recent leak just detailing what is to become the fastest 95W CPU in the company's corporate range, the Phenom II X4 B99. Just as most of ...

3 February 2011
05:21 GMT

AMD Cuts the Prices of Its Phenom II Processor Line

AMD has just announced that it has cut the prices of its Phenom II line of processors, all the company's dual, quad and six-core CPUs, as well as the energy efficient Phenom II X4 905e and 910e, receiving new prices when bought in 1000 units. As the ComputerBase.de website reports, AMD's new price list h...

1 February 2011
09:00 GMT

Vendors Like AMD's CPUs Because They Are Very Cheap

Intel may hold a very large chunk of the central processing unit market, but Advanced Micro Devices has been holding its own by playing the affordability card, and it seems that vendors were especially interested in its CPUs last year. Until the middle of 2010, AMD had a distinct disadvantage in the fact that it ...

29 January 2011
03:40 GMT

AMD Phenom II 975BE and X4 840 Not Available in the US Two Weeks After Official Launch

Right after the beginning of the year, and after the official announcement of Intel's Sandy Bridge CPU, AMD released two new quad-core SKUs, the Phenom II X4 840 and the Phenom II 975 Black Edition, and now, two weeks later, boxed parts of the two chips are nowhere to be found in the US. Officially launched o...

19 January 2011
16:01 GMT

AMD Unleashes the Six-Core Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition CPU

While we're still waiting for AMD to finally go official with its AMD Radeon HD 6900 series graphics cards (which is going to happen very, very soon), the company has apparently decided to offer gamers yet another pleasant surprise and revealed a couple of new CPUs, including here their new six-core flagshi...

7 December 2010
02:01 GMT

7.13 GHz Is the Speed of an Overclocked AMD Phenom II X4 975BE

It appears that a strong system assembly, liquid nitrogen and a lot of nerves of steel were able to push a certain central processing unit from Advanced Micro Devices well above the 7 GHz mark.Overclocking feats are not exactly news in themselves on the central processing unit market.Granted, when Intel and AMD firs...

29 November 2010
05:39 GMT

AMD Expands Desktop CPU Line with Six New Chips

As opposed to the momentous occasions when AMD or Intel unleash some new, groundbreaking CPU, Advanced Micro Devices has just issued a simple press release saying that it has brought out no less than six new chips.Simply put, the Sunnyvale, California-based outfit has completed three new Athlon II processors, as wel...

21 September 2010
02:59 GMT

AMD Reduces Desktop CPU Prices

Some may be aware that both Intel and Advanced Micro Devices will soon launch new generations of processors and, seemingly in anticipation of this, the latter appears to have slashed the prices of its existing chips, though the quad-core AMD Athlon II X4 still doesn't look ready to drop under $100.Intel will so...

20 August 2010
10:55 GMT

New AMD CPUs Slated for September 21

Advanced Micro Devices has been developing its new range of central processing units (CPUs) for quite a while now and, with the back-to-school period closing in, is intent on unleashing its latest six-core and quad-core chips on September 21.As consumers might know, the Fusion technology is, at present, AMD's m...

12 August 2010
08:30 GMT

AMD Phenom 1035T and Athlon II X2 220 Now Shipping

With all the preparations it has to make in order to bring out the Fusion APUs in a timely fashion, among other things, Advanced Micro Devices isn't exactly going to release many processors throughout this summer. Still, its roadmap does include a few 'minor' chips, and two of them appear to have even ...

26 July 2010
06:50 GMT

New Six-Core AMD Chip Phenom II X6 1045T Comes Q3

Earlier this year, there was a period during which Intel was the only company that had any sort of six-core central processing unit on sale. There was only one such chip available, however, and its price of almost $1,000 didn't exactly make it accessible to anyone besides hard-core enthusiasts. Then came AMD an...

8 July 2010
10:26 GMT

TDP of AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Drops From 125W to 95W

It appears that Advanced Micro Devices has decided to play all its aces. Even though the performance crown, in the field of central processors, belongs to Intel, the former still has a firm hold of the Industry through its low prices. Now, the same CPU and GPU maker has improved one of its more powerful recent offsp...

28 June 2010
04:36 GMT

Unlockable AMD Phenom II X4 960T Not Scrapped After All

Though Intel and Advanced Micro Devices always make sure that enthusiasts' needs are taken care of, there arise situations when a certain product launch (or, in this case, delay) can potentially cause mass unease or disappointment. This is exactly what may or may not have happened yesterday, when a certain rumor...

13 May 2010
10:04 GMT

AMD Phenom II X4 960T Can Turn Six-Core, Gets Scrapped

The AMD Phenom II X4 960 central processing unit from Advanced Micro Devices seems to have learned what it means to be too good for one's own good. Apparently, its ability to surpass 4GHz in frequency and even multiply its number of cores proved to be less than desirable to its maker, whose Thuban six-core chips...

12 May 2010
05:01 GMT

AMD's Six-Core CPUs Power Maingear's Vybe Limited Edition

After Advanced Micro Devices finally made the official introduction of its two six-core central processing units, Maingear was among the first to proclaim its support for the processors by launching a pair of systems based on them. Coming in two baseline configurations, the new series of desktops is known as the Vybe...

30 April 2010
10:44 GMT

AMD's Six-Core CPUs Start Shipping

It seems that Norway isn't the only country eager to supply its citizens with the Thuban six-core chips from Advanced Micro Devices. Just last week, Amentio.no became one of the first retailers if not the first one to start shipping the 1055T and the 1090T and, while it was expected that AMD would ask the retail...

26 April 2010
04:04 GMT

AMD Phenom II X6 Turbo Core Technology Detailed

When looking at Intel's various central processing units, AMD's DirectX 11 graphics cards, NVIDIA's Fermi adapters and the various innovations made in the fields of storage and memory, one could say that the past few months have been more than filled with innovative and standard-setting technology rele...

8 April 2010
04:40 GMT

AMD Prepares New Athlon and Low-Power Phenom CPUs

AMD has made the official introduction of its 8-core and 12-core Magny Cours server processors but there seems to be no intention to relax on the company's part. Instead, the CPU and GPU maker appears set on soon launching a series of CPUs for the consumer market. These new chips won't necessarily be new mo...

30 March 2010
07:03 GMT

Leaked AMD Slides Show Complete 2010 CPU Roadmap

End-users are most likely well acquainted with AMD's plans to launch its own six-core processors, but even despite all the leaks and reports about when and where the chips will show up, the actual product roadmap remains a mystery. Fortunately for AMD loyalists, however, the folks over at VR-Zone seem to have so...

26 March 2010
05:34 GMT

AMD Devises Thuban-Based Quad-Core CPUs

Consumers are undoubtedly aware of the steady approach of the time when Advanced Micro Devices will launch its collection of six-core processors. These CPUs will be based on the AM3 implementation of the six-core architecture known as Istambul and will carry the name of Thuban. What end-users might not know, however,...

23 March 2010
11:00 GMT

AMD Launches Five New CPUs

Intel's Clarkdale central processing units were launched around the beginning of the month and it seems that AMD isn't about to leave the low-end and mainstream markets fall under the Santa Clara chip maker's monopoly. The CPU and GPU maker has just introduced a group of processors of its own, also bec...

25 January 2010
03:17 GMT

AMD-Powered Inspiron 546 Is Selling Well

Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices might have a tough time competing with its main rival, Intel, in the high-performance market segment, but the chip maker has a pretty established position in the mainstream segment. Proof of that is a computer system that has been designed by Dell and which incorpora...

31 July 2009
09:24 GMT

AMD Unveils Processor Roadmap

Yesterday was a big day for AMD, as the company introduced its newest server processor, Shanghai, and also held a conference with financial analysts at its Sunnyvale campus, during which future CPU plans and roadmap were revealed. As many of you already know, the company has split into two separate entities a fe...

14 November 2008
04:25 GMT

AMD to Rename its 45nm Processor Series

It seems that Advance Micro Devices is on its way to change the name of its upcoming 45 nanometer processors. While the Phenom X4/X3 brand remains unchanged, the numbers that come after it will have five digits. According to sources, the two CPUs that will be released this year will be named Phenom X4 20550 and Phen...

22 September 2008
05:10 GMT

Leaked Slide Confirms AMD 45nm Deneb CPUs at CES 2009

A recently revealed slide showing AMD’s CPU roadmap indicates that the Sunnyvale-based chip maker is bound to release its first 45nm-manufactured quad-core Phenom processors as soon as January 2009. The slide appears to confirm recent rumors, according to which AMD plans to release the first 45nm desktop ...

5 September 2008
02:02 GMT

AMD Cuts Prices for Quad-Core, Triple-Core and Dual-Core CPUs

Intel is not the only chip maker that has decided to update its processor offer, since competitor AMD has also made some adjustments to its lineup of desktop processors. However, unlike its Santa-Clara-based competitor, AMD has not rolled out any new desktop chips, opting instead for lowering the prices for several o...

2 September 2008
10:54 GMT

AMD's 45nm Quad-Cores Debut at CES 2009

According to recent rumors, AMD plans to release its first 45nm-based desktop processors in early 2009. The company will showcase its next generation CPUs, codenamed Deneb, on the 8th of January, on the first day of the Consumer Electronics Show or CES. Sources close to the company state that the new chips produ...

28 August 2008
11:31 GMT

AMD's New 45nm Processors Register 12% Power Efficiency

AMD announced a few days ago that the transition to the 45nm process technology is moving as planned, and that we would have the first microprocessors developed under the new fabrication process by the end of the year. It seems that the company is now getting the latest details of the move ready. Also, the first proc...

25 July 2008
04:58 GMT

SB750 Allows Phenoms to Be Overclocked

Since AMD's new SB750 was announced, various rumors concerning the performance enhancements of the South Bridge have emerged, especially regarding its capacities of improving communication with Phenom processors, allowing users to get it to higher overclocking levels. It seems that some of these rumors are true ...

24 July 2008
05:44 GMT

AMD's New CPUs Will Work in AM2+ and AM3 sockets

AMD has to fight its battles on several battlegrounds in the computing market. But one arena that the manufacturer is used to is the CPU market, where the company falls behind rival Intel in the high-end processors segment. And with Intel's future to come Nehalem architecture, AMD will have a tough time with the...

2 July 2008
06:56 GMT

AMD Adds New Phenoms to Its Desktop CPU Lineup

AMD is taking a shot at the desktop processor market with the release of three new Phenom processors. One of these CPUs, the new Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition, will become AMD's flagship model, taking the place of the company's previous title holder, the Phenom X4 9850. Unlike the Black Edition Phenom, the o...

1 July 2008
03:09 GMT

Low-Power Phenoms by the End of the Year

Rest assured that AMD isn't going to let grass grow under its feet while Intel is prepping the release of the new Nehalem processors. The Sunnyvale-based chip manufacturer is planning to launch several low-power triple- and quad-core processors during the second half of this year. According to sources among the ...

17 June 2008
06:48 GMT

AMD Puts an End to Kuma Canceled Speculations

Those of you that were afraid AMD's new dual core code-named Kuma processors would not be released should worry no more. Apparently, Advanced Micro has stepped forward with a statement that not only puts an end to the rumors, but also clearly establishes the yet-to-be released Kuma CPUs as not being part of the ...

12 June 2008
03:49 GMT

AMD Cancels Some Phenom Processors

Advanced Micro Devices intends to cancel the introduction of dual-core AMD Phenom processors based on the company's latest generation K10 micro-architecture. The processor lineup in question is manufactured on AMD's current 65nm process technology. But no need to worry yet, as AMD also plans to bring out tw...

11 June 2008
09:07 GMT

Motherboard Manufacturers Detail on New AMD Desktop Processors

AMD plans to introduce some new processors in 2008 and the first half of 2009, all based on the 45-nanometer micro-architecture. According to the company's unreleased roadmap, AMD will release two new 45-nanometer Phenom X4 CPUs based on Deneb silicon. The chips are expected to work at core frequencies ranging f...

30 April 2008
03:08 GMT

AMD's Upcoming CPU Architecture Will Be Built from Scratch

AMD's upcoming CPU micro-architecture will be built from the ground up, or at least that is what the company claimed yesterday. According to the chip manufacturer's executives, the next generation of processors will be radically different from the existing Phenom chips and will pack extra features. The AMD6...

29 April 2008
10:45 GMT

AMD Confirms Compatibility Issues between Phenom X4 and 780G Chipset

Advanced Micro Devices has confirmed that its high-end Phenom X4 series of processors are facing compatibility issues when paired with a 780G-based motherboard. According to the company, the high-end quad-core Phenom X4 chips and the 780G chipset are less fortunate matches, given the fact that motherboards cannot de...

29 April 2008
05:31 GMT

AMD Posts $358 Million Loss, Foresees Better Times Ahead

AMD posted its first quarter financial results late yesterday, and the news is far from good. Despite the fact that the chip manufacturer managed to push its Barcelona server processors on the market, the company continues to face catastrophic losses reported at $358 million.Losses were expected, as Advanced Micro De...

18 April 2008
04:09 GMT

AMD's Tri-Cores Find Their Way In HP, Gateway, eMachines Desktops

Advanced Micro Devices' tri-core processors are now available in a series of desktop computers from Hewlett-Packard, Gateway and eMachines. Despite the fact that the tri-core processors are more expensive than AMD's quad-cores in the Phenom family, the newly released systems are low-cost, consumer-oriented ...

18 April 2008
03:39 GMT

MSI To Announce Three 7x0a AMD-Based Motherboards

MSI is reportedly planning to announce three new motherboard offerings in its line-up, that will come with full support for AMD's high-TDP quad-core Phenoms. Built around Nvidia's 7x0a SLI chipsets, the upcoming motherboards will work with a broad range of processors, from Sempron to the newly-introduced Ph...

17 April 2008
06:13 GMT

AMD's Tri-Core Chips, More Expensive than Quad-Cores

AMD's tri-core processors in the Phenom family have been designed to cover the price and performance gap between dual-core and quad-core chips. According to AMD, they are expected to deliver superior performance as compared to the dual-core offerings, but at the same time, to keep costs lower than users would ha...

15 April 2008
06:50 GMT

Confirmed: AMD Will Start Slashing Jobs

Despite the fact that AMD dismissed the layoff rumors presented by us last month, industry sources have now confirmed that the chip manufacturer is gearing up to shed some more jobs until April 15. According to the sources, AMD informed its key partners that the company will enter a staff restructuring process that w...

3 April 2008
06:03 GMT

AMD Updates Its Phenom Line, Starts Shipping Tri-Cores

AMD has just announced that its tri-core processors are generally available. Additionally, the company has updated the quad-core Phenom line-up, that now includes four new high-end quad-core chips alleged to "improve performance for gaming and multi-threaded applications."The first batch of tri-cores chips from AMD i...

27 March 2008
03:49 GMT

AMD to Unveil New Phenom Chips in 2008

AMD is working on releasing new Phenom processors in the 2008 timeframe. However, the highest frequency available for now is still in the 2.6 GHz range.According to the company's newest roadmap, the higher-end Phenom chips are slated to arrive later in the second quarter of 2008. The chip manufacturer plans to i...

24 March 2008
04:51 GMT

AMD: 5 Percent Layoffs to "Celebrate" Phenoms

AMD is reportedly planning to reduce its workforce by 5 percent until the end of the first quarter. It seems like the advent of the long-awaited Phenom processors will come with massive layoffs across the company's staff. Rough estimations say that the company will send home between 800 and 850 workers of AMD�...

20 March 2008
04:02 GMT

AMD Confirms Tri-Core Phenom Processors Roll-Out

Chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices has started shipments of tri-core processors in the Phenom family. According to company officials, the first to get the new chips are, as previously reported, system integrators and AMD's OEM partners. The first products in the Toliman family are low-end processors with f...

14 March 2008
11:28 GMT


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