New processors by AMD

AMD will release new models based on the 65nm B3 revision shortly. It is likely that within two weeks a variety of quad cores, triple cores, and dual cores will appear, all still within the first quarter of 2008. The news applies to the following models:

The scheduled quad and triple cores are part of the B3 revision of the K10 Agena architecture, the revision without the infamous error in the Translation Lookaside Buffer. The Phenom 9850 will be the top model for now, with a clock speed of 2.5 Ghz. Later on the Phenom 9950 will be released, which accordingly, runs at a speed of 2.6 Ghz.

We see three new models based on the G2 Brisbane revision of the K8 architecture, among which a Black Edition processor with an unlocked multiplier. Somewhere in the second quarter of 2008 we can expect the first dual cores based on the K10 architecture, as it seems the Athlon 6250 and the Athlon 6050. The clock speeds for these two models are still unknown.

AMD also stated that the Athlon 64 X2 6400+, 6000+, and 5600+ dual core processors will be End of Life after this month. Starting April 2008 AMD will stop taking orders for the affected models.

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