HEXUS.beans - World Exclusive – AMD Dual-Core desktop processor details revealed
Posted by PD on the front page:
the power of X...
It's no big secret that AMD is scheduled to launch its dual-core Server and professional workstation Opteron processors later in the year.
However details of what's set to be let loose to hunt down Intel's recently announced Pentium Extreme Edition 840 has, up till now, been well hidden...
HEXUS can exclusively reveal that this is to be named the AMD Athlon 64 X2
It will be available at least in the following models:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
Our source in Greenbriar also confirms that AMD currently has no plans to introduce 'FX' variants of its dual-core desktop processors.
The flagship AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ will have both its cores operating at 2.4GHz, the same frequency as the AMD Athlon 64 4000+, and we'll be surprised if this doesn't rape the already impressive Pentium Extreme Edition 840 we reviewed here.
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AMD copies ... even Intel?
Maybe I am late to this discussion, but here is a thought. AMD can create great products, but they should name the products better than just following other companies.
Brief History:
Athlon XP sounds like Microsoft Windows XP
Athlon 64 FX ... nVidia, anyone?
And now the Athlon 64 X2 looks very similar to the "X" in Intel PEE's logo.
For those who have not seen the PEE logo, here it is.
http://www.intel.com/products/i/ppxe72w.gif