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AMD's mysterious TWKR demystified
THERE HAS BEEN a fair amount of whispering going on lately about a new mystery chip from AMD, said to be a high-performance part aimed squarely at the overclocking community.
Pictures of the mysterious TWKR chip popped up a couple of days ago on wallacesantos.com, prompting much discussion about whether or not it was real or a hoax and how many volts it would take to push it.
The INQ can now reveal and confirm after much sniffing about that the chips are indeed real, are focused on overclocking 140W CPUs running at 3.2Ghz, and are limited edition TWKR etched. If these chips are ever made available for sale they should be inexpensive and target budget enthusiasts, but that remains to be seen.
We've also been told by sources deep within AMD that the voltage on these high-leakage monsters can easily be pushed well past 1.40V in the hands of talented overclockers. So bring on the liquid helium, nitrogen, and dry ice!
The chips certainly look set to be record smashers, but without any actual benchmarks, we can't tell you conclusively. But, if what we've heard is correct and from our knowledge that Phenoms prefer cold over high voltages, these chips should be able to handle higher voltage better under extreme cooling, even possibly topping the 7Ghz barrier.
We're looking forward to seeing what overclockers will be able to do with these mysterious offerings, especially since the Phenom has already hit 7ghz on all 4 cores, something Intel has yet to achieve. The highest an i7 has ever gone with all cores enabled is just a touch over 6Ghz, and it looks like AMD is about to deliver yet another smackdown.
We do wonder whether AMD is being a bit of a cheapskate by saving itself money with fewer letters on laser sketching by going with TWKR rather than TWEAKER though. µ
*Update: We've just been told by AMD that TWK stands for "Those Who Know". Er...ok, so what's the R for? The answer? "It just makes it a verb that combines TWK with tweaker," an anonymous AMD spokesperson told us as we raised an eyebrow.
Uh-huh, whatever....
Right, so there you have it, boys and girls... TWKR, the chip for meth-heads! Enjoy!
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I first heard about these in Charlie's forums at semiaccurate.com sometime last week.
Really, charlie was slow on the draw himself, and shy on details at least Syl has actually given us a little more detail
Besides Charlie the douche flat out said the chips were not real and that the pictures were all fake, if you don't believe me go look in his forum, the guy from Maingear PC actually joined up to the forum to post in the thread and prove him wrong
So really before praising him for his tremendous work, go check out him being proven wrong first
My bet is that it won't fit in the CPUID registers if they include the vowels. That's why GenuineIntel was used instead of Genuine Intel(r)(tm)(c) etc etc etc.
Grem:
Personal insults add nothing to the quality of communication.
I have to agree with Gremlin that a forum post which was smacked down by the Charlinator himself as "fake" hardly counts, @Slow on the draw.
I mean, if this had appeared as an article on Charlie's site, then I'd agree. But Charlie, as a journalist, should have been intrigued by the post and checked up on it, which obviously Sylvie did. Charlie still hasn't written anything about it on his site, and still hasn't gone back on his original statement that it is a fake.
That is what makes Sylvie's piece "news" and the stuff on Charlie's forum random speculation with no solid information except for 3 pictures.
Sylvie gave specs and confirmed information with sources. That adds value for me. If I believed everything I read in forums, I'd not be a very smart guy!
Not to take away from forum value, but not everyone reads forums and it just isn't news until it has some sort of lease on credibility. That's just what I think.
Thanks for confirming it sylvie and i really enjoy your news so keep up the good work!
I didn't know where Charlie moved to... good bit of info there.
Keep up the good work Sylvie - you're the new main reason I read this site.
a drug addict, that's why TWEAKER isn't "marketable".
But so wrong. A tweaker is, traditionally, someone who is addicted to methamphetamines. SPEED. It's so marketable, they just marketed it!
Come on people. My old DFI Lanparty UT says on the box "UV on, Tweak fun!!" Tweaking is Overclocking. Drop the Meth & CPU comparison, you all sound silly. I hardly post up comments, but this is as stupid as the "Congo" uproar.
"Tweeker" means someone hooked on meth. Totally different word.
TWKR = TukWilla KilleR
Those Who Know Revision. Makes sense to me.
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