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AMD launches first 45nm, quad-core Shanghai Opterons, hitting desktops Q1
engadget.com - 11/13/2008
AMD launches first 45nm, quad-core Shanghai Opterons, hitting desktops Q1
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Filed under: Desktops Intel might get all the consumer praise, but AMD has been blazing architectural trails well before Nehalem . As EE Times points out, AMD's 65-nm Barcelona was the first quad-core processor with 2MB of shared L3 cache integrated with the Northbridge memory controller. ...
AMD vs. Intel - Which is the Better Processor Now?
pcstats.com - 11/7/2008
AMD vs. Intel - Which is the Better Processor Now?
— pcstats.com — For computer enthusiasts, there's been an age-old debate that dates back to the days when we were... forced to carry our bits and bytes by hand, uphill both ways, in the freezing cold and feed them manually into a 9600 Baud modem. The argument starts ... (more) AMD vs. Intel - Which is the Better Processor Now?

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AMD Talks Phenom II, Roadmaps and More at Fall 2008 Financial Analyst Day
anandtech.com - 11/13/2008
AMD Talks Phenom II, Roadmaps and More at Fall 2008 Financial Analyst Day
— anandtech.com — Today is AMD's Financial Analyst Day at AMD's campus in Sunnyvale, CA. I'm not a financial analyst... but there are some useful tidbits that are coming out of the presentations today. Obviously the focus at AMD these days is returning to profitability ... (more) AMD Talks Phenom II, Roadmaps and More at Fall 2008 ...

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fudzilla.com - 11/11/2008
Shanghai 45nm K10.5 launches on the 13th
— fudzilla.com — Image Finally It is finally fixed, after long wait we can confirm that Shanghai 45nm Quad core,... 45nm part comes out on the 13th. AMD is ready to announce these chips with up to 2.7GHz frequency with its partners while the faster parts are expected in ... (more) Shanghai 45nm K10.5 launches on the 13th

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  • JustJosh JustJosh
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    I think AMD did this release date on purpose. I think they wanted to beat the launch of the Nehalem server CPU's.
    Posted 11/13/2008 respond (flag)
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AMD announces Conesus netbook platform, ATI Stream brand, Fusion processor delay
Engadget — ... We already got word of AMD's new 45nm Shanghai Opterons this morning, but it looks like that was only just the beginning of a deluge of news out of the ...

Upcoming dual-processor Nehalem EP machine benchmarked -- yeah, it's fast
Engadget — ... the first benchmarks we've seen of the upcoming dual-processor Nehalem EP platform. The secret test machine featured two 2.8GHz Nehalem EP chips (likely to hit retail in 2009 as the Xeon X5560) and 24GB of 1,066MHz DDR3 RAM controlled by the new Quick Path Interconnect and on-die memory controllers, which together cranked out a SPECfp base rate of 160 -- way above the 90 posted by current 3.4GHz Xeon setups, and higher than the 105 scored by a 2.7GHz dual-processor rig with AMD's new Shanghai chips. Yeah, that's silly fast, and it's bound to get even faster when these bad boys ...

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