14 DAY TRIAL // 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 made their appearance already. They go by the names of AMD Phenom II X6 1035T and Athlon II X2 220.
The Phenom II X6 1035T is one of the 'less powerful' six-core central processing units that Advanced Micro Devices has to offer. It is also the least expensive, selling for about a sixth of the price that Intel's own cheapest hexacore boasts. Unfortunately, the exact sum is not made explicit, since the product, for now, only shows up as options in several OEM systems.
The other chip, the Athlon II X2 220 is priced at just over 44 Euro and is a faster iteration of the Athlon II X2 215. It uses the same Regor core and has a clock speed of 2.8GHz. Not exactly the most noteworthy of dual-core parts on the market, but still quite decent for under $45. As for those that value power efficiency even more than they do affordability, AMD also has the Athlon II X2 260u on hand. This 'unique' chip is not yet available for purchase, but will have a speed of 1.8GHz and a TDP (thermal design power) of only 25W.
The Athlon II X2 260u has 2MB of L2 cache, support for DDR3-1333 memory and should start showing up in notebooks as soon as it is sent out into the world. Unfortunately, the much lower TDP (laptops have even CPUs with 35W) does not come without a price. Consumers will have to meet the 150 Euro requirement if they wish to take advantage of this Regor-based unit.