14 DAY TRIAL // 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 processing units from Advanced Micro Devices were going to stop being manufactured.
More specifically, models from the Phenom II series of chips have started to be phased out, allowing room for their current-generation replacements.
Of course, as one would expect, that was just one of the first steps in the Sunnyvale, California-based company's plans.
Now, a new report has emerged, one which says that not just Phenom II, but also Athlon II series units are going to step aside to allow room for high-end FX series, mainstream A-series and low-end E-series.
By the time the first quarter of next year (2012) comes around, Athlon II units for AM3 sockets should account for under 5% of the total shipments.
By the point, the Athlon II X4 650 and 640 units, as well as Athlon II X3 450, while have stopped being manufactured (at the end of the third quarter).
That same time frame was given for the phasing out of Phenom II X4 970/965 and Phenom II X2 565/560, with Phenom II X6 100T/1090T and Phenom II X4 980/975 set for cease of manufacture at the end of the fourth quarter.
Meanwhile, Phenom II X4 910e and Athlon II X4 620e, they will, likewise, go out of the picture at the end of this year's last three-month period.
Furthermore, the Athlon II X2 series (255 and 270, for example) should be gone by the end of September.
As for the Athlon II X4 610e, it will, in fact, be one of, if not the fastest to disappear, in July, along with some others.