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AMD Preps First AM3-based Sempron Processors
AMD is preparing its first set of Sempron processors based on the DDR3 supportive AM3 package. The first one, codenamed "Sargas" is a single-core chip that comes across as a single-core variant of the Athlon II X2 "Regor". It features a broad 3.6 GT/s HyperTransport 3.0 system interface, 128 KB of L1 and 1 MB of L2 cache, a dual-channel DDR2/DDR3 memory interface, an up-to-date AMD feature and instruction-set including AMD64, SSE4A, and AMD-V.
Sargas is built on Global Foundries' 45 nm SOI process, and has an operating voltage range of 0.85 ~ 1.35 V. The first SKU based on this core is the Sempron X1 140 (model: SDX140HBGQBOX). It has a clock speed of 2.70 GHz, and a bus multiplier of 13.5x. At that speed, its TDP is rated at 45W. It will be available towards the end of this week, priced around 35 Euro.
*techpowerup.com/99693/AMD_Preps_First_AM3-based_Sempron_Processors.html
AMD is preparing its first set of Sempron processors based on the DDR3 supportive AM3 package. The first one, codenamed "Sargas" is a single-core chip that comes across as a single-core variant of the Athlon II X2 "Regor". It features a broad 3.6 GT/s HyperTransport 3.0 system interface, 128 KB of L1 and 1 MB of L2 cache, a dual-channel DDR2/DDR3 memory interface, an up-to-date AMD feature and instruction-set including AMD64, SSE4A, and AMD-V.
Sargas is built on Global Foundries' 45 nm SOI process, and has an operating voltage range of 0.85 ~ 1.35 V. The first SKU based on this core is the Sempron X1 140 (model: SDX140HBGQBOX). It has a clock speed of 2.70 GHz, and a bus multiplier of 13.5x. At that speed, its TDP is rated at 45W. It will be available towards the end of this week, priced around 35 Euro.
*techpowerup.com/99693/AMD_Preps_First_AM3-based_Sempron_Processors.html
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Intel Preparing Another Round of Price-Cuts (to be implemented this month)
In the run-up for a new generation of processors, Intel is looking to boost sales of its existing Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad processors by introducing a round of price-cuts. According to the source, this round covers most mainstream-thru-value processors, rather than those chips based on Yorkfield-12M and Wolfdale-6M cores. It includes Core 2 Quad Q9x00 (Yorkfield-6M), Core 2 Quad Q8000 (Yorkfield-4M), Core 2 Duo E7000 (Wolfdale-3M), Pentium Dual-Core E6000, E5000 (Wolfdale-2M) and Celeron E1500 (Conroe). The cuts range between 10 and 20 percent. Notable changes include Core 2 Quad Q9400 pushed down to US $183 (on par with Q9300), from its price of $213, and Core 2 Duo E7500 down to $113 from $133 (influenced by its successor E7600). The existing prices were implemented in April, when Intel introduced a similar round of price-cuts for the market segments. The new prices will be implemented within this month. All prices in USD.
*www.donanimhaber.com/ntel_islemci_fiyatlarinda_indirime_gitti-14948.htm
*techpowerup.com/99736/Intel_Preparing_Another_Round_of_Price-Cuts.html
*img194.imageshack.us/img194/579/40ab.th.jpg
In the run-up for a new generation of processors, Intel is looking to boost sales of its existing Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad processors by introducing a round of price-cuts. According to the source, this round covers most mainstream-thru-value processors, rather than those chips based on Yorkfield-12M and Wolfdale-6M cores. It includes Core 2 Quad Q9x00 (Yorkfield-6M), Core 2 Quad Q8000 (Yorkfield-4M), Core 2 Duo E7000 (Wolfdale-3M), Pentium Dual-Core E6000, E5000 (Wolfdale-2M) and Celeron E1500 (Conroe). The cuts range between 10 and 20 percent. Notable changes include Core 2 Quad Q9400 pushed down to US $183 (on par with Q9300), from its price of $213, and Core 2 Duo E7500 down to $113 from $133 (influenced by its successor E7600). The existing prices were implemented in April, when Intel introduced a similar round of price-cuts for the market segments. The new prices will be implemented within this month. All prices in USD.
*www.donanimhaber.com/ntel_islemci_fiyatlarinda_indirime_gitti-14948.htm
*techpowerup.com/99736/Intel_Preparing_Another_Round_of_Price-Cuts.html
*img194.imageshack.us/img194/579/40ab.th.jpg
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First Intel Clarkdale Core i3 Low-Voltage Overclocking Feat Yields 4 GHz at 0.832 V
LOOK AT THIS!!!!!
*www.techpowerup.com/img/09-07-21/31a.png
Coolaler used a pre-release engineering sample of the Core i3 Clarkdale processor on a compatible platform, and achieved 4 GHz of clock speed with the vCore at 0.832 V. The frequency multiplier of the CPU was set at 25.0x, and a bus speed of 160 MHz used. Intel will be ready with these processors by the end of this year.
*www.techpowerup.com/99807/First_In...verclocking_Feat_Yields_4_GHz_at_0.832_V.html
LOOK AT THIS!!!!!
*www.techpowerup.com/img/09-07-21/31a.png
Coolaler used a pre-release engineering sample of the Core i3 Clarkdale processor on a compatible platform, and achieved 4 GHz of clock speed with the vCore at 0.832 V. The frequency multiplier of the CPU was set at 25.0x, and a bus speed of 160 MHz used. Intel will be ready with these processors by the end of this year.
*www.techpowerup.com/99807/First_In...verclocking_Feat_Yields_4_GHz_at_0.832_V.html
desiibond
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AMD Releases ATI Catalyst 9.7 Driver Suite
AMD today sneaked in the latest version of its ATI Catalyst driver suite that provides support to several AMD/ATI components such as ATI Radeon series GPUs, AMD desktop chipsets, AMD FireStream GPGPU, and ATI Theater multimedia products. As revealed by the release notes document, AMD introduced several performance and feature-set changes, along with timely bug-fixes. Highlights include:
* Crysis performance at very high quality preset increases by up to 8% on Radeon HD 4800 series
* Lost Planet Colonies - performance increases by 7-11% when 8x Anti-Aliasing is used on the HD 4800 series products
* Introduces support for the ATI Video converter under Windows 7 32-bit and Windows 7 64-bit
* A newly designed Desktops & Displays Manager
* Added support for new OpenGL extensions: EXT_provoking_vertex and EXT_vertex_array_bgra
At this point in time, Catalyst 9.7 is only available for Windows 7 and Vista. The Windows XP version will be published by AMD soon.
AMD today sneaked in the latest version of its ATI Catalyst driver suite that provides support to several AMD/ATI components such as ATI Radeon series GPUs, AMD desktop chipsets, AMD FireStream GPGPU, and ATI Theater multimedia products. As revealed by the release notes document, AMD introduced several performance and feature-set changes, along with timely bug-fixes. Highlights include:
* Crysis performance at very high quality preset increases by up to 8% on Radeon HD 4800 series
* Lost Planet Colonies - performance increases by 7-11% when 8x Anti-Aliasing is used on the HD 4800 series products
* Introduces support for the ATI Video converter under Windows 7 32-bit and Windows 7 64-bit
* A newly designed Desktops & Displays Manager
* Added support for new OpenGL extensions: EXT_provoking_vertex and EXT_vertex_array_bgra
At this point in time, Catalyst 9.7 is only available for Windows 7 and Vista. The Windows XP version will be published by AMD soon.
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AMD Intros Athlon II X2 Models 240 and 245
Nearly six weeks into the introduction of the Athlon II X2 250, AMD added two new models in the series to choose from the Athlon II X2 240 and 245 are clocked at 2.80 GHz and 2.90 GHz respectively, and occupy two lower places in the series. The 240 has a bus multiplier of 14.0x 200 MHz, while 245 is a notch higher, at 14.5x 200 MHz. The chips are based on AMD's 45 nm Regor core, which is a monolithic dual-core, with two physical cores on a die, and no L3 cache. The L2 cache per core instead, has been increased to 1 MB, which makes it 2 MB of total external cache for the chip. It uses a lavish 4.0 GT/s HyperTransport 3.0 system interface, and comes in the AM3 socket package that supports DDR2 and DDR3 memory standards. The two will be out soon and will be priced around the US $65 mark.
Nearly six weeks into the introduction of the Athlon II X2 250, AMD added two new models in the series to choose from the Athlon II X2 240 and 245 are clocked at 2.80 GHz and 2.90 GHz respectively, and occupy two lower places in the series. The 240 has a bus multiplier of 14.0x 200 MHz, while 245 is a notch higher, at 14.5x 200 MHz. The chips are based on AMD's 45 nm Regor core, which is a monolithic dual-core, with two physical cores on a die, and no L3 cache. The L2 cache per core instead, has been increased to 1 MB, which makes it 2 MB of total external cache for the chip. It uses a lavish 4.0 GT/s HyperTransport 3.0 system interface, and comes in the AM3 socket package that supports DDR2 and DDR3 memory standards. The two will be out soon and will be priced around the US $65 mark.
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AMD Silently Intros 95W Phenom II X4 945
source: *techpowerup.com/99947/AMD_Silently_Intros_95W_Phenom_II_X4_945.html
Model number: "HDX945WFK4DGI"
Speed: 3GHz
Multiplier: x15
Core: Deneb 45nm
Multiplier lock: Active
Power: 95W
Price: 225USD
L2 cache: 512KB per core
L3 cache: 6MB
source: *techpowerup.com/99947/AMD_Silently_Intros_95W_Phenom_II_X4_945.html
Model number: "HDX945WFK4DGI"
Speed: 3GHz
Multiplier: x15
Core: Deneb 45nm
Multiplier lock: Active
Power: 95W
Price: 225USD
L2 cache: 512KB per core
L3 cache: 6MB
damngoodman999
damnbadman666
Low Bus speed also - look @ that 25X multiplier is thinkable , 0.8 CV is really abnormal for 4ghz speed if there so - then it can be OCed much more
damngoodman999
damnbadman666
they were reducing the budget products , i asked today for my friend he s gona buy Intel Q9550 the rate is 14800/- / then E8500 is 9300/- thats damn costly
I heard that they gona stop production of Core2quads when the release of corei5
till then AMD rocks
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AMD Celebrates Shipping its 500 Millionth x86 Processor
*sites.amd.com/us/promo/amd40/Pages/AMD40thAnniversary.aspx
May 1, 2009, marked AMD’s 40th anniversary. Formed by Jerry Sanders and seven co-founders in 1969, AMD is a company with a rich and colorful history. AMD's 40th anniversary is a testimonial to our longevity, our employees, our customers and our unique business approach. AMD takes great pride in our role of igniting next-generation technology solutions, as well as our ability to see where customer and end-user needs are headed next and then collaborate with the industry accordingly. These values are captured in our Fusion business approach: a unique combination of integration, intimacy and impact.
Twitter Contest
* Monday, July 27 (Noon PDT) - First question announced via Twitter
* Friday, August 7 (Noon PDT) - Entries close; (3 p.m. PDT) First dv2z winner announced
* Monday, August 10 (Noon PDT) - Second question announced via Twitter
* Friday, August 21 (Noon PDT) - Entries close; (3 p.m. PDT) Second dv2z winner announced
* Monday, August 24 (Noon PDT) - Third question announced via Twitter
* Friday, September 4 (Noon PDT) - Entries close; (3 p.m. PDT) Third dv2z winner announced
* Monday, September 7 (Noon PDT) - Fourth question announced via Twitter
* Friday, September 18 (Noon PDT) - Entries close; (3 p.m. PDT) Fourth dv2z winner announced
*sites.amd.com/us/promo/amd40/Pages/AMD40thAnniversary.aspx
May 1, 2009, marked AMD’s 40th anniversary. Formed by Jerry Sanders and seven co-founders in 1969, AMD is a company with a rich and colorful history. AMD's 40th anniversary is a testimonial to our longevity, our employees, our customers and our unique business approach. AMD takes great pride in our role of igniting next-generation technology solutions, as well as our ability to see where customer and end-user needs are headed next and then collaborate with the industry accordingly. These values are captured in our Fusion business approach: a unique combination of integration, intimacy and impact.
Twitter Contest
* Monday, July 27 (Noon PDT) - First question announced via Twitter
* Friday, August 7 (Noon PDT) - Entries close; (3 p.m. PDT) First dv2z winner announced
* Monday, August 10 (Noon PDT) - Second question announced via Twitter
* Friday, August 21 (Noon PDT) - Entries close; (3 p.m. PDT) Second dv2z winner announced
* Monday, August 24 (Noon PDT) - Third question announced via Twitter
* Friday, September 4 (Noon PDT) - Entries close; (3 p.m. PDT) Third dv2z winner announced
* Monday, September 7 (Noon PDT) - Fourth question announced via Twitter
* Friday, September 18 (Noon PDT) - Entries close; (3 p.m. PDT) Fourth dv2z winner announced
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But I'm not on twitter !!!!
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Clarkdale 3.06 GHz Faces a Preview, Series Pricing Surfaces
*techpowerup.com/100424/Clarkdale_3.06_GHz_Faces_a_Preview_Series_Pricing_Surfaces.html
from what I see in that article, core i3 is just as fast as Core 2 Duo E8400 and sometimes is faster. A bulk of the lineup is positioned in the $126~$196 range (not retail price).
I seriously don't understand this.
Gaming:
They will be blown off by Phenom II X2 550 which is available for $100 retail price and there is no competition to AMD's chipsets. Moreover Core i5 price is starting at
If the processor is competing with E8400, it means that they will be competing with Phenom II X2 550 in gaming.
AV encoding:
Phenom II X4 810 is available under $120 and 920 under $135 and there are killer combo deals with 780G motherboards.
But in the end, Intel is going to end up with huge profits, thanks to 60% users who doesn't know that there are other CPU manufacturers in the wild.
*techpowerup.com/100424/Clarkdale_3.06_GHz_Faces_a_Preview_Series_Pricing_Surfaces.html
from what I see in that article, core i3 is just as fast as Core 2 Duo E8400 and sometimes is faster. A bulk of the lineup is positioned in the $126~$196 range (not retail price).
I seriously don't understand this.
Gaming:
They will be blown off by Phenom II X2 550 which is available for $100 retail price and there is no competition to AMD's chipsets. Moreover Core i5 price is starting at
If the processor is competing with E8400, it means that they will be competing with Phenom II X2 550 in gaming.
AV encoding:
Phenom II X4 810 is available under $120 and 920 under $135 and there are killer combo deals with 780G motherboards.
But in the end, Intel is going to end up with huge profits, thanks to 60% users who doesn't know that there are other CPU manufacturers in the wild.
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*www.techpowerup.com/img/09-07-29/86a.jpg
*www.techpowerup.com/img/09-07-29/86g.jpg
*www.techpowerup.com/img/09-07-29/86f.jpg
*www.techpowerup.com/img/09-07-29/86i.jpg
*www.techpowerup.com/img/09-07-29/86g.jpg
*www.techpowerup.com/img/09-07-29/86f.jpg
*www.techpowerup.com/img/09-07-29/86i.jpg
MetalheadGautham
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I KNEW it. The next semprons come from Regors and Heka/Propus would perhaps provide the dual core semprons.
Awesome. This means clarkfield is comming soon.
Not unexpected. But pricing seems unfriendly.
Its a 32nm dual core if I remember right. So the performance is kinda obvious.
This CPU is gonna PWN AMD. AMD may have better chipsets but these CPUs have ondie GPUs and support SMT.
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^^it's not gonna pawn AMD. Look at it's performance. It's slower than E8400 in some games. And Phenom II X2 550 can easily beat entry level Core i3.
Also, for consumers it doesn't matter whether the GPU is on-die or on-mobo. what is expected is good performance and that is what 785G gives.
anyways, let's not jump into conclusions rightaway. Let the review samples come out.
Also, for consumers it doesn't matter whether the GPU is on-die or on-mobo. what is expected is good performance and that is what 785G gives.
anyways, let's not jump into conclusions rightaway. Let the review samples come out.
MetalheadGautham
AFK
Its intended to be priced at 84$ which means it competes with Athlon II X2 250 and not Phenom II X2 550 BE. And considering it matches C2D E8400, it should have no difficulty outmatching A2X2 250.
And it indeed matters that the GPU is on-die. This would enable manufacturing of insanely cheap P51 motherboards with barely anything on them and costing Rs. 2000. And the power saving would be HUGE and laptop market would jump instantly onto this chip. Unless AMD brings out Fusion soon, this will deal a mortal blow to AMD.