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AMD Phenom II processor gets outed, might even be released
AMD Phenom II processor gets outed, might even be released
Apparently, AMD has officially announced the release of its Phenom II processor -- though if they did, they forgot to actually, you know, announce it. According to EE Times , the quad-core, 45nm chip is said to support DDR2 and DDR 3 memory (the latter up to 1333MHz) and is available at ...
AMD announces 45nm desktop CPUs
eetimes.com — SAN JOSE, Calif. — Advanced Micro Devices has announced the second batch of processors coming out of... its 45nm process technology. The Phenom II is a quad-core family of desktop processors with up to 8 Mbytes of on-board cache. AMD officially rolled ... (more) AMD announces 45nm desktop CPUs
Phenom II Outperforms Core 2 in Multimedia Performance?
Phenom II Outperforms Core 2 in Multimedia Performance?
en.expreview.com — 7 Responses to “Phenom II Outperforms Core 2 in Multimedia Performance?” xander Says: December 3rd, 2008 at... 8:22 pm Its very misleading because the graphs used a different scaling. Notice how much % difference between Q9300 and Q4000 in those graphs ... (more) Phenom II Outperforms Core 2 in Multimedia Performance?
Article Introduction to Phenom II X4 and Expected launch date of AMD Phenom II Processors We ...
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Amd Phenom Ii Processor Gets Outed, Might Even Be Released
Tech Lime — ... you know, announce it. According to EE Times, the Quad-core, 45nm chip is said to support DDR2 and DDR 3 memory (The latter up to 1333MHz) and is available at both 3GHz and 2.8GHz Speeds (For $275 and $235, respectively). If that’s not exciting enough, a 65nm (DDR2) version of the chip is also availabe. Click Here To Read The Full  Article @ Engadget ...

AMD's Phenom goes on a budget with the Athlon X2 7000 series
Engadget — ... Hot on the heels of word that the 45nm Phenom II chip is up for grabs, AMD has announced that its 65nm predecessor has been relegated to budget duty. The new Phenom-based Athlon X2 7000 chips are now available, replacing the aged ...

AMD Phenom II processor bought, benchmarked, coveted
Engadget — ... , seemed to be trying to avoid news of painful delays for the Phenom II by simply not letting anyone say when the thing would be available. Now the chip is apparently in the hands of one lucky gamer at the HardOCP forums, Table21, who was kind enough to run it through its paces. The Phenom II 940 running at 3GHz scored a 4,091 on 3DMark06 and, once OC'd up to 3.85GHz, delivered a score of 5,086. It's rather too early to draw any conclusions from these numbers, and we don't know what he paid for the thing, but that performance does fall well behind Intel's Core i7 ...

AMD's Phenom II CPU goes on sale online in a curious, quiet fashion
Engadget — ... Uh, AMD? We know most of your staffers are probably throwing back a glass of Egg Nog right about now, but you might want to get out something akin to a simple press release acknowledging the release of your dual-core Phenom II processor. For those keeping track, we've now seen the CPU announced via an outlet other than AMD, purchased by a normal citizen without access to AMD's labs and now, for sale on the world wide web. Word has it that the units will start shipping on December 27th, which will probably be prior to an actual confession of their existence in the ...

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Phenom II available ‘fore YuleHome - THE INQUIRER 12/5/2008
Paul Taylor the Inquirer , Friday 5 December 2008. 18:12:00 The real thing DISTRIBUTORS IN EUROPE and North America will begin shipping both OEM and retail boxes of the Phenom II 920 and Phenom II 940 starting December 18th (Europe), ...
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Phenom II available ‘fore YuleHome - THE INQUIRER 12/10/2008
Paul Taylor the inquirer Monday 8 December 2008 06:12:29     The real thing > >