Mar

31

AMD rolls out a slew of new products

Filed Under GPU and Gaming, Microprocessor, Video Gallery | Leave a Comment

In the last one week, AMD has rolled out a slew of new products. First, it announced today the launch of 3D professional graphics accelerator card, ATI FireGL™ V7700. The new GPU card is capable of creating photorealistic visualizations of real-world objects and environments on stereoscopic display. It is also the first commercially available 3D workstation card to support 3D on DisplayPort - the latest digital display interface standard by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) (Ref). Second, AMD announced last week the shipment of 65nm Phenom triple-core (X3) and quad-core (X4) processors for desktop PCs. When paired with AMD’s recently unveiled 780 series chipset, both Phenom X3 and X4 processors will deliver significant enhancements in gaming and high-definition experiences for mainstream PC customers, including full HD support for VC-1, MPEG-2 and H.264 formats (Ref). On the other hand, the AMD’s Phenom X4 9100e quad-core processors are the world’s first and most energy efficient 65W desktop quad-core processor. Lastly, AMD also announced last week the immediate availability of four new high-performance AMD Phenom™ X4 processors for the high-performance HD gaming and video users. The Phenom quad-core processor products include 9850 (2.5G, 125W), 9750 (2.4G, 125W), 9750 (2.4G, 95W), 9650 (2.3G, 95W), 9550 (2.2G, 95W), 9100e (1.8G, 65W). The Phenom triple-core processor products include 8600 (2.3G, 95W) and 8400 (2.1G, 95W).

Earlier in the month, AMD has also demonstrated its first 45nm native quad-core processors (see picture) at CeBIT in Germany. It looks like AMD is all set to fight with Intel head-on.

 

Related posts

Mar

24

Intel 6-core Processors are Coming

Filed Under Microprocessor | Leave a Comment

Prior to Intel Shanghai IDF from April 2 - 3, 2008, news are boiling over the internet that Intel will launch a 6-core processor, Dunnington, in 2H 08. Dunnington would be Intel’s first monolithic design since its original Core 2 Duo chips released in 2006. A glimpse of the Intel’s six-core Dunnington processor is available on Intel’s website (see slide below). The slide indicates that Dunnington has six 45-nanometer Penryn-class cores integrated onto a single die. Each pair of Penryn cores shares 3MBs of Level 2 cache, and each of the six cores can access 16MBs of Level 3 cache (Ref).

Dunnington will be Intel’s last generation of 45nm Penryn processor. The Penryn is the tick version of Intel 45nm processor. The next generation tock version of Intel 45nm processor, Nehalem, is expected to launch end of the year. In the face of challenge from AMD’s quad core processor Barcelona, Intel has chosen to build quad-core chips by taking two dual-core chips and putting them into a special package. This approach was scorned by chip design purists who prefer AMD’s monolithic quad-core design. However, it seems to work for Intel by quickly getting the quad-core chips out to the market. Now, Dunnington will be Intel’s direct response to AMD’s quad-core Barcelona.

 

Related posts

Next Page →