AMD has announced new 45-Watt energy efficient processors.
AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 2.3GHz priced at $104
AMD Athlon LE-1620 2.4GHz priced at $53
AMD Athlon LE-1600 2.2GHz priced at $47
AMD Sempron LE-1250 2.2GHz priced at $53
AMD Sempron LE-1200 2.1GHz priced at $48
AMD Sempron LE-1100 1.9GHz priced at $37
(pricing in 1,000 units for processor-in-box)
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AMD Announces 45-Watt CPUs
AMD, Processors No Comments »AMD Set To Launch 3-Core CPUs in Q1 ‘08
AMD, Processors No Comments »AMD is planning to launch a three-core processor family in the first quarter of next year. The processors will be 65nm Agena based processors with one of the 4 cores disabled. There will be two models at launch, Phenom 7700 clocked at 2.5GHz with 512KB of L2 cache per core and 2MB of L3 cache, [...]
AMD Cuts Prices on Desktop CPUs
AMD, Processors No Comments »AMD must be feeling quite a bit of pressure from Intel and have decided to cut prices of their desktop CPUs again. The price cuts are between 5-28% depending on the model.
Here is a rundown of the new pricing (for 1000-unit tray quantities)
$220 - Athlon 64 X2 6400+
$167 - Athlon 64 X2 6000+
$146 - Athlon [...]
AMD Launches Second “Black Edition” CPU
AMD, Processors No Comments »AMD has launched there second “Black Edition” processor, the Athlon 64 X2 5000+. The processor is quite a bit cheaper then the 6400+ Black Edition processor that launched last month, it is priced at $136 in distributor-volume 1,000-unit quantities.
This is the first processor in its class shipped by AMD that has a customizable clock multiplier, [...]
AMD Leaks New Graphics Card Models
AMD, ATI, Graphics Cards No Comments »It’s always funny when a company leaks its own products before they come out. In this case the release notes of the most recent graphics card drivers list these cards as being supported:
Radeon HD 2900 Pro
Radeon HD 2350 Series
Radeon HD 2600 X2 Series
Well, these cards aren’t out yet. theInquirer says this about the story:
“We can [...]
AMD Barcelona Launch Day
AMD, Processors, Quad-Core No Comments »Expect to see a lot of news about AMD’s Barcelona processor. Today, the information given to all of the media is no longer embargoed.
Check out some of the early news at the following:
PC Perspective - AMD Barcelona Opteron Processor Launch Is Upon Us
PC Perspective - AMD Introduces the World’s Most Advanced x86 Processor
AnandTech: [...]
AMD News Roundup
AMD No Comments »AMD has been in the news quite a bit lately, especially since Barcelona will be hitting soon.
Dell Revealed Barcelona Performance - VR-Zone
AMD Introduces Gaming Site - ExtremeTech
AMD Pins Hopes on Barcelona Quad-Core Chip - Wired News
AMD Unveils “Barcelona” Architecture - DailyTech
Quad-Core Barcelona Is Only A Start For AMD - Information Week
AMD Prices Barcelona Chips
AMD, Processors No Comments »AMD’s Barcelona chips should be showing up on Sep. 10th. These new Quad-Core chips should be quite a bit faster then the previous Opteron chips.
The pricing is as follows:
2350, 2.0 GHz, 95W, $372
2347, 1.9GHz, 95W, $312
2347 HE, 1.9GHz, 68W, $372
2346 HE, 1.8GHz, 68W, $251
2344 HE, 1.7GHz, 68W, $206
8350, 2.0GHz, 95W, $1004
8347, 1.9GHz, 95W, $774
8347 HE, [...]