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AMD releases two desktop chips
AMD RELEASED what will probably be its last pair of dual-core Athlon chips fabbed at 65nm on Monday.
Both Athlon64 X2 processors are tagged with the model number 7750, but one is available only to OEM PC builders and runs at 2.5Ghz, whilst the other is an unlocked Black Edition chip with the listed speed of 2.7Ghz.
The new chips have 512KB of Level 2 cache memory on each processor core and 2MB of shared Level 3 cache. They are both part of AMD's Cartwheel desktops platform that also includes its 780G chipset and ATI Radeon 3200 integrated graphics parts.
The overclockable Black Edition chip has a list price of $79 and the locked OEM model undoubtedly sells to PC manufacturers for somewhat less.
AMD released the first of its Shanghai line of server processors built on its latest 45nm fab technology in November and is expected to roll out that new technology into its Phenom II Kodiak desktop and Tigris laptop chips throughout 2009. µ
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UpWard MoMentum Appears To Be Waning & Suggests AMD May No Longer Be OverBought. Drasher 2.22.
How are they waning? Check out this article on The Rumor Feed - http://rumorfeed.blogspot.com/2008/12/according-to-ati-nvidias-gtx-295-will.html
Hell, check out this article on the Inq! - http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/020/1050020/ati-s-hd-49x0-coming-soon-ish
They are doing good and will continue to do so.
Stop being a fanboy and look at the facts.
I think the article misses the most interesting point: At least according to Tom's Hardware as well as heise.de, these new CPUs are - rather than "the last Athlon X2s" - actually the *first* dual-core processors based on AMD's K10 aka "Phenom" architecture. Probably they're even 4-core silicon, having two of the cores disabled.
Nothing seems to indicate that they're the last of anything: They do have some OC potential meaning higher clocked versions of the same chip might be coming; they might also be shrunk to 45nm while still being sold under the Athlon X2 brand.
Aside from this, keep up the good work, dear INQ!