AMD Reveals More Quad-core Chip Details
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AMD provides a sneak peek at how its pending quad-core chip will improve performance and save energy.
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Web site reveals future plans for Xeon, Pentium 4 processors.
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Slotting into existing product line AMD looks set to introduce its first 65nm processors in December this year, a quartet of dual-core Athlon 64 X2 CPUs, if a report citing sources who've seen the chip maker's latest roadmap are to be believed.â¦
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) said Friday it would begin shipping its &quot;Barcelona&quot; quad-core Opteron processor in August, rebutting industry rumors that the chip faced manufacturing problems that could delay it until October.
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has demonstrated the company's first dual-core microprocessors at its Austin, Texas, office, the company said Tuesday.
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This week's Intel Developer Forum should reveal more about quad-core processor designs and plans for mobile and server chips.
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Although servers based on AMD's Barcelona chip are on display at Computex, details of the quad-core chips are not available.
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Some of the first servers based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc.&#39;s (AMD&#39;s) upcoming Barcelona quad-core chip are on display at Computex, but details of the chips are being kept tightly under wraps.
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SuperPuppy writes &quot;Hardcoreware.net has rounded up three 2500+ Socket A processors from AMD. An AthlonXP, based on the Barton core (this particular one predates the locked multipliers we&#39;ve been seeing lately
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AMD's Quad FX Platform aimed at gamers, multitaskers -- and Intel's quad-core designs.
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Second, 45nm generation to follow a year later Basic details have begun to filter through regarding AMD's three-core Phenom line-up, due to go on sale in Q1 2008.â¦
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AMD has demonstrated the company&#39;s first dual-core microprocessors. Dual-core processors offer improved performance over single-core chips, especially in multithreaded applications.
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The update reveals a number of details about the device, including its use of a 620MHz ARM1176JZF processor.
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Dual-GPU 3950 X2 monster planned AMD has confirmed its graphics chip release plans, including the launch of the mainstream-oriented 'RV620' and 'RV635' GPUs, and the high-end 'R680'.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) launched a motherboard with four cores on Thursday, targeting gaming enthusiasts in an effort to keep pace with the release of quad-core chips by rival Intel. AMD's Quad FX Platform includes two dual-core Athlon 64 FX-70 series chips and uses Nvidia's 680a chip set. AMD's choice of components shows it is willing to follow open standards even though the companyÂ acquired Nvidia's rival ATI TechnologiesÂ earlier this month, said Ian McNaughton, product manager for Athlon 64 FX products. The launch highlights a debate in the industry about the definition of quad-core processors. Intel hasÂ claimed it won the quad-core raceÂ on Nov. 14 by packaging two dual-core chips together in the Xeon 5300 for servers and Core 2 Extreme QX6700 for gamers. But AMD calls its Quad FX Platform a "4x4," and says it won't release a true "quad-core" processor until 2007, when it combines four cores on a single piece of silicon called "Barcelona." Analysts say they won't be able to judge the winner of the debate until they can test comparable products. In the meantime, one thing is certain: a PC with four computing cores can run a lot of applications at once. PC vendors who use the Quad FX will attract more than just hard-core gamers, McNaughton said. A desktop with four computing cores can be a workstation for "megataskers," those users who watch high-definition video while burning a DVD, downloading a BitTorrent file, and chatting on a TeamSpeak connection, even as their PC runs antivirus software, Skype, and instant messaging applications in the background. "The PC usage model has changed. It's evolving, it's getting crazy and we love it," he said. "People are doing four, five, six things at the same time." Of course, gamers are still a core audience for this product. The extra cores will allow fans of multiplayer online games to play two instances of the game simultaneously, controlling two characters in a single episode of EverQuest, World of Warcraft or Lineage, according to AMD. Many of these gamers have been using AMD's Opteron server chip to manage their heavy computing loads, McNaughton said. The Quad FX Platform will be a more efficient tool for the job and will allow them to upgrade to a pair of quad-core Barcelona chips in the middle of 2007. As the hardware industry relies increasingly on multicore designs, chip power is measured by scalability and efficiency, not just frequency, said AMD spokesman Bubba Wolford. That development is pushing chip vendors to grow from being simple component suppliers to selling entire platforms. AMD has followed that trend to produce its AMD Live product for media center PCs and now the Quad FX. AMD is selling the Quad FX Platform with three types of chips built with a 90-nanometer process, charging $599 for a pair of 2.6 GHz FX-70 chips, $799 for a pair of 2.8 GHz FX-72 chips, and $999 for a pair of 3.0 GHz FX-74 chips, if purchased in lots of 1,000 units.
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With the market for quad-core chips still in its infancy, Advance Micro Devices has an alternative that might help bridge the gap: tri-core chips. As a bonus, this strategy can't easily be imitated by Intel, AMD executives say.
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Advanced Micro Devices announces faster Athlon 64 X2, cooler single-core Athlon 64 CPUs.