AMD pushes out Phenom SKUs once more

AMD IS COMING out with Phenom SKUs at last. The official roadmaps we've seen push it out another quarter from late Q3 to early Q1/08 on the desktop side.

Officially, the Phenom FX will be November or December for the 1S variants, 2S will be Q1/08. The newest information from AMD shows that there will be a 1S FX-80 at 2.2-2.4GHz, the spread at this point is somewhat worrying, a 2S FX-90 at the same speeds, and an FX-91 at 2.4-2.6GHz. TDPs are not officially listed.

The lower level classes will be ranked by class and series, with class being a two letter prefix and series being a 4 digit number. The classes are XY with Y=P being 89W TDPs and up, S at 65W and E at 45W.

The X is the product name with G mapped to high end Phenoms, L being low end, and B ending up in the middle. The FX line stays FX with no specific meaning attached.

The four digit number is taking on an Intel like confusion, with the official guidance being "indicates major benefit steps" and "increases with feature enhancements withing a family". Hopefully they will not be as belligerently obtuse as Intel in this regard.

In the end, it ends up with new names and desktop parts for 1S this year, 2S next. We can't say we are very happy about this, but that is the latest. µ