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About LinkBacksRead more.Hot off the back of the recent Barcelona launch, AMD's singing about its up-coming desktop line of Phenom processors. The company has said it will be bringing a three-core version to the market early 2008.
Read more.Hot off the back of the recent Barcelona launch, AMD's singing about its up-coming desktop line of Phenom processors. The company has said it will be bringing a three-core version to the market early 2008.
Smart move - maximising areas that Intel will take time to respond to.
Imagine the design process for this.
start > all programs > AMD's in-house VLSI program
File > open > dual-core-phenom.vhdl
*Select one of the cores*
Edit > copy
*Click in some space*
Edit > paste
File > spin
Win!
(I don't think it's quite that simple, though).
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Since 2 is a prime number as well, that's not really novelYes, that's right, a prime number of cores will be coming to a desktop near you, next year..
lol, charleski just owned it
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Updated, just for you charleski.
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nice edit although it still doesn't make perfect sense
Clever move if all they're doing is binning quad cores with a defective core as tri cores and then targetting them against core 2 duo.
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Now that's interesting.Originally Posted by dangel
However, wouldn't the company release them alongside 4-core SKUs if that was the case? Guess we'll have to examine the die sizes when they arrive.
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I will be very surprised if this isn't due to yields - maybe it could be that they can't win vs C2D with 2 Cores...?
According to daily tech these are quad core cpus with one core disabled...
"Essentially, the Phenom triple-core processors are quad-core variants with one core disabled. This allows AMD to simply disable one core on quad-core dies for maximum use of a single wafer."
Last edited by Dorza; 18-09-2007 at 06:29 PM.
Fair enough.
If I was AMD I'd hit the market with them at the same time as the quad-cores. We waited long enough for Barcelona, they should make a positive statement by getting tri-core out of the door quickly.
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It purely using up spare yields...
If they offer people 3 for the price of 2 then..
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Is it like a Boots 3 for 2 offer?
Yes, but boots dont give you 4 bottles of shampoo but break the lid on one so you cant use it.Is it like a Boots 3 for 2 offer?
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