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AMD working on Phenom II X4 975

Written by Fuad Abazovic

Thursday, 17 September 2009 11:57

3.6GHz AMD is working on a new Deneb-based Phenom II X4 975 core and judging from previous speed updates the new CPU might actually even work at 3.6GHz. TDP’s can be as high as 140W, but that will have to be tolerated for such a speed. We don’t know when AMD plans to launch this CPU, but it’s almost certain that it comes in the first half of 2010. Once Phenom stepping three is available there might be a chance to make a 125W version of this CPU. The plans are in the pipe, and the good thing about it will be the price that will definitely sit close to €200,the current price of Phenom II X4 965. We will let you know when Phenom II X4 975 comes closer to being launched. Source: http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15553/1/

Tuniq is on Facebook

Tuniq is on Facebook!

Tuniq has recently put up a product information page on Facebook and is wanting to get the word out!

Between now and October 5th, register on Facebook then add the ‘Tuniq Group’ as a favorite for discussion groups.  This will get you entered to win one of three Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme CPU Coolers.

On October 5th, Tuniq will draw three names at random and mail each of the winners a new Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme CPU Cooler.

So what are you waiting for, head over to Facebook right now and get your name in the hat to win one of these three awesome new coolers!

3.2GHz Phenom X4 955 95W in Q2 2010

Written by Fuad Abazovic

Monday, 07 September 2009 08:58

It’s possible Many people didn’t like the fact that Phenom II X4 965 has TDP of 140W, and many thing that is too much. As we said before in Q4 2009 AMD plans to launch Phenom II X4 965 with a 125W TDP and 3.4GHz frequency that will make many people happy. This is not all as the latest roadmap just got one more member. AMD plans Phenom II X4 955 with 3.2GHz in 95W. This is a great success as the current X4 955 has 125W TDP. The 95W Phenom II X4 955 will appear in Q2 2010 as AMD plans to bring a new, better revision of Deneb core out. This new Deneb revision should keep the existing TDPs down and this is the same core that will find its way to quad-core notebooks. source: http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15382/1/

Dual core Phenom II 7MB cache at 3.2GHz

Written by Fuad Abazovic

Monday, 07 September 2009 09:26

In Q4 2009 Calisto, AMD’s quad-core with two cores enabled and 7 MB of total cache will get its 3.2GHz version at some point in Q4 2009. Calisto has 2×512KB L2 cache per core and additional 6MB of L3 cache that makes it quite fast CPU. The name is Phenom II X2 555 and this CPU will work at 3.2GHz. Most people will like the fact that this CPU offers a lot of performance and 80W TDP and at the same time, there might be a chance that you’ll be able to unlock the additional two cores and get the quad core for the price of dual. Judging from the previous pricing, this CPU should cost around €80 in Euroland or around $100 in USA.’ source: http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15383/1/

Propus cacheless quad core available

Written by Fuad Abazovic

Monday, 07 September 2009 09:46

2.9GHz in Q4 2009 Propus was supposed to be AMD’s secret weapon but for some reason it was delayed all the way to late August. Originally, Propus was planned to launch in Q1 2009, but it got out more than six month after the original schedule. If you look the usual price comparison engines, you can find that Athlon II X4 620 with its 2.6GHz clock and 4×512KB L2 cache and no L3 cache is available, for some €90+, here. The faster version Athlon II X4 630 is listed here, but it is still not available. Early Q4 2009 brings another, faster Athlon II X4 635 clocked at 2.9GHz remaining at the same 95W, something that is mutual to all Propus quads announced and planned so far. Probably some OEMs got more Propus quads and they plan to ship them in its Xmas machines but retail ones are still shy on the market. Source: http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15384/1/

AMD prepares Danube platform in 2010

Written by Fuad Abazovic

Friday, 04 September 2009 10:36

Champlain quad-core CPU AMD is working on a new generation platform, the one that should replace upcoming the Tigris platform powered by Caspian dual-core CPUs. Danube will have Champain which we guess is Phenom II quad-core mobile edition and the platform includes support for DDR3 / DDR3L (1.35V) and S1g4 socket. The CPU is manufactured in 45nm and should be available in June 2010. Naturally, the platform also supports some new K10.5 Phenom II dual-core processors. The target group for Danube platform is mainstream notebook market. The platform also includes RS880M series IGP chipset that supports UVD 2 video, power play and DirectX 10.1. The Southbridge of choice for this platform is AMD SB820M and the graphics part to back it up is codenamed Manhattan series, which we guess is the DirectX 11 hardware in its mobile variant. The release date should be close to June 2010 but AMD currently only says it comes in 2010. soruce: http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15372/1/

Propus and Rana to launch in September

Written by Fuad Abazovic

Tuesday, 25 August 2009 09:20

L3 cash-less quad and tri core AMD is about to officially launch its heavily delayed Propus quad-core CPU that lacks L3 in its native design. The company plans to brand this CPU Athlon II X4 600 generation and of course this is a 45nm design. Propus was originally expected in early 2009, but for some reason it’s been delayed all the way to September. The top speed of this CPU at launch is 2.8GHz and it only comes with 4×512KB L2 cache, total of 2MB but lacks L3 cache memory completely. This might be one of the smallest quad cores, at least from AMD, as L3 memory takes up a large portion of the CPU. Faster iterations might come later. Rana is based on Propus and it’s a three core with 1.5MB L2 cache, no L3 cache and the top speed of 2.9GHz with a possibility to come at higher speeds. The launch time is September and the brand around it is Athlon II X3 400. We at least can expect that both these CPUs might end up cheap. Also read: Propus Athlon II’s already available source: http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15199/1/

Today is Phenom II X4 965 day

Written by Slobodan Simic

Thursday, 13 August 2009

3.4GHz Phenom II Deneb AMD has officially updated its Phenom II lineup today by introducing the fastest Phenom II X4 up to date, the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition. The new Phenom II X4 965 BE is practically the same Phenom II X4 955 BE, except for the slight 200MHz core bump and a TDP bump to 140W, something that was last seen on the old Phenom 9950. In any case this is the fastest, or more precisely, highest clocked processor that ever came from AMD. On the other hand, according to the review over at Anandtech.com, the power consumption of this CPU is almost the same as that of the Phenom II X4 955 BE, as it only has a slight higher power consumption under load. It managed to hold its ground in gaming against some Intel’s Core i7 processors, and it is definitely faster than any LGA-775 processor. In any case it sounds like a great CPU, especially considering its US $245 price tag and the price of the entire platform. The new CPU has already listed and available at a few e-tail/retail sites, and bunch of reviews have already popped up around the net. You can find it listed here. Our review should be up soon, but until then you can find some reviews listed below, to keep you busy. - AnandTech - HotHardware - Tom’s Hardware - PC Perspective - Guru3D - Neoseeker - Overclockersclub Source: http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15042/1/

AMD 785G chipset launches tomorrow

AMD 785G chipset launches tomorrow

Written by Fuad Abazovic

Monday, 03 August 2009 11:07

Windows 7 DX10.1 ready AMD is about to launch its new IGP chipset simply called AMD 785G. The new chipset should have exceptional Windows 7 mainstream PC performance and of course it still has DirectX 10.1 support. A DirectX 11 IGP is still far away and we don’t expect it before sometime next year. The graphics in the AMD 785G is based on the RV620 core. It has 40 shaders and it will be branded as ATI Radeon HD 4200, something that we wrote about many moons ago. The GPU supports DirectX 10.1, UVD 2 GPU enabled and ATI Stream technology for faster video transcoding and application performance, when supported. The new chipsets brings DisplayPort support to chipset as well as HDMI 1.3 and the board is going to be accepted by many partners. It supports AM3 / AM2+socket and many Athlon and Phenom CPUs in both DDR2 and DDR3. Officially it launches tomorrow, August 4th.

Catalyst 9.6 is out

Written by Fudzilla staff

More performance, more Linux support AMD has released the latest Catalyst incarnation, and 9.6 brings us several performance tweaks as well as improved Linux support. Here’s what AMD is promising in terms of improved performance: Company of Heroes – performance gains of up to 25% for the ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series, and performance gains of up to 10% for the ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series Crysis Warhead – performance gains of up to 11% for dual CrossFire Crysis – performance gains of up to 13% for ATI CrossFireX technology in dual configuration World in Conflict – performance gains of up to 30% for high settings that were previously CPU limited with the ATI Radeon HD 4800 series. Of course, your performance may vary, depending on your particular system configuration. Our favorite Scotsman, AMD’s Ian McNaughton says his favorite community is the Linux community, and it also got a treat, in the guise of SLED and SLED 11 production support and RHEL 4.8 early look support. You can find the full release notes here, and you can download the new drivers here. http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/14238/1/

Noctua presents quiet CPU coolers for Xeon 5500

Vienna, June 15th 2009 – Noctua today presented two new additions to its DX series of quiet Intel Xeon CPU coolers: Now compatible with Intel’s latest LGA1366 based Xeon 5500 (Nehalem EP) processors, the new NH-U12DX 1366 and NH-U9DX 1366 are true drop-in replacements for standard Intel coolers and make it easier than ever before to significantly reduce the noise emission of high-end workstations and severs.

“Our industry clients who build quiet servers and workstations swear by our DX series of Intel Xeon coolers for applications which require both high processing power and low noise emission”, says Mag. Roland Mossig, Noctua CEO. “The new Nehalem EP processors certainly provide an impressive boost in performance, but especially the faster models also require high-quality heatsinks in order to be cooled quietly. That’s where our new DX 1366 coolers come in.”

Based on Noctua’s signature NH-U series and fitted with the award-winning NF-P12 and NF-B9 fans, the new NH-U12DX 1366 and NH-U9DX 1366 form complete premium quality packages that include Noctua’s renowned NT-H1 thermal compound and guarantee outstanding quiet cooling performance for Intel’s LGA1366 Xeon 5500 CPUs. While the larger NH-U12DX 1366 is ideal for quiet audio, video, CAD or rendering workstations, the smaller NH-U9DX 1366 fits standard 4U chassis and thus lends itself to special server applications.

Both models employ the new SecuFirm2™ mounting system for Xeon 5500, which ensures maximum convenience and extremely short installation time, making them ideal both for professional system integrators and less tech-savvy workstation users seeking to quiet their systems.

Prices and availability
Both models are available immediately at recommended retail prices of EUR 56.90 / USD 64.90 (NH-U12DX 1366) and EUR 46.90 / USD 54.90 (NH-U9XDX 1366).

Links:
NH-U12DX 1366 Specifications: http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&setlng=en&products_id=28
NH-U12DX 1366 Photos: http://www.noctua.at/inc/imageviewer.php?item=28&pnr=0
NH-U9DX 1366 Specifications: http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&setlng=en&products_id=27
NH-U9DX 1366 Photos: http://www.noctua.at/inc/imageviewer.php?item=27&pnr=0

About Noctua
Designed in Austria, Noctua’s premium cooling components are internationally renowned for their superb quietness, exceptional performance and thoroughgoing quality. Having received more than 800 awards and recommendations from leading hardware websites and magazines, Noctua’s fans and heatsinks are chosen by more than a hundred thousand satisfied customers around the globe.

AMD shows The Foundry Company roadmaps

by Cyril Kowaliski

At its lengthy Financial Analyst Day conference yesterday, AMD gave attendees some insight into what The Foundry Company—its soon-to-be spun-off foundry business—will be doing over the next couple of years. If things go as planned, the new manufacturing firm will start cranking out bulk silicon wafers next year, and it will eventually manufacture chipsets and graphics processors for AMD.

Right now, AMD makes its own microprocessors using silicon-on-insulator process (SOI) technology, and it relies on Taiwanese foundries TSMC and UMC to build graphics processors and chipsets using bulk silicon. Likely because few companies aside from IBM and AMD design their chips around SOI tech, The Foundry Company will also have to start offering a bulk silicon process in order to attract other customers (and pad its bottom line). The roadmap above shows that transition will kick off in the second quarter of next year with a 45nm bulk silicon process.

Unsurprisingly, AMD intends to rely on The Foundry Company’s future bulk silicon production capabilities to build GPUs and chipsets. The second slide suggests that move will happen at the 32nm node in 2010, but AMD will apparently stick with 55nm and 40nm processes from TSMC and UMC until then. The second slide also says AMD will use both SOI and bulk silicon for future microprocessors and “APUs” (accelerated processing units). APU is AMD’s shorthand for x86 CPUs that have graphics processors built in, so it’s entirely possible AMD is simply referring to products that have an SOI CPU chip and a bulk GPU chip on the same package. The latest AMD client roadmap pins the launch of the first APUs in 2010.

AMD announced the spinning off of its manufacturing division in early October, and it plans to complete the operation early next year. The Foundry Company will then get its “permanent corporate name and identity,” and AMD will retain a 44.4% stake and equal voting rights with ATIC, the Abu Dhabi-based investment firm that will own the remaining 55.6%. AMD manufacturing chief Doug Grose will be in charge of the company, and former CEO Hector Ruiz will fill in as chairman.

Deneb samples are almost out

Written by Fuad Abazovic

Late November, early December shipping Deneb, the long awaited 45nm quad-core from AMD, is finally getting its final shape. Deneb was always scheduled for the second half of 2008 and when AMD’s prettiest VP, Leslie Sobon, talked to us last time we knew that 2H 2008 will actually translate to Q4 2008; and judging from the facts it will rather be the last month of the last quarter. AMD is doing the final touch to its quad-cores and from what we’ve heard, the new 45nm quad-core should overclock much better than the previous one. You can definitely expect that the normal 45nm sample should work over 3GHz, but we learned to be cautious about AMD’s promises as this company definitely taught us that we should see it to believe it. The chips will debut either in very late November or early December and we would bet on late December. It looks that chips will be widely available in December, while samples should be out in November.

PC version of GTA IV looks much better

Written by Nedim Hadzic

Requirements? Our colleagues from GamesRadar.com have had a chance to try out the PC version of GTA IV and they found that the game looks much better on the PC, which is not quite shocking as this was the case in previous installments too. However, it comes at a price as longer draw distances, smoother faces and graphics in general, etc., require some serious gaming power. In case you think you’ll run it on just any PC you’re dead wrong – so here are the recommended and optimum requirements for this game: Minimum System Requirements OS: Windows Vista – Service Pack 1 / XP – Service Pack 3 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz, AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4Ghz Memory: 1.5GB, 16GB Free Hard Drive Space Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900 Recommended System Requirements OS: Windows Vista – Service Pack 1 / XP – Service Pack 3 Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz, AMD Phenom X3 2.1Ghz Memory:  2 GB (Windows XP) 2.5 GB (Windows Vista) 18 GB Free Hard Drive Space Video Card: 512MB NVIDIA 8600 / 512MB ATI 3870 The game is hitting the shelves on November 18th, so sit tight.