by Mick on November 22, 2008
AMD Phenom II X4
As we know, AMD has developed some CPUs that are very easily overclocked, and also maintain a constant operating at high frequencies of operation. And that’s why overclockers are celebrating the new processor AMD Phenom X4 II a.k.a ceneb.
Of course, the trick is the cooling liquid nitrogen, which has brought the temperature to -185 ° C. Under air-cooling systems (traditional fans), the Phenom X4 II can still be overclocked a really good shape, although not at the extremes that allows the liquid nitrogen.
This type of cooling is not at all recommended for the general use of a computer. In fact, the only liquid nitrogen is often used in demonstrations of overclocking, as well as their use carries a serious danger, nothing is unstable system for several minutes or hours use.
The AMD Phenom II began shipping in the first weeks of 2009, and will start with the AM2 socket, which is currently used in the vast majority of processors from AMD Phenom series.
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by Mick on November 16, 2008
AMD Phenom II X4
Along with the release of 45-nanometer Opteron, AMD also confirmed that they also prepared for the AMD Phenom II X4, As indicated by the name, the Phenom II X4 is a quad-core processors that will be part of AMD Dragon, the next challenger of Intel’s Montevina platform.
AMD Dragon will carry many improvements that have been added to the latest Opteron, among which we can find some developments in processors: mainly, the greater frequency of the nuclei, the higher and lower power consumption. This means better performance per watt ratio for the new generation of Phenom II.
Still do not know too many details nor on the AMD Phenom II or AMD Dragon platform, even though the manufacturer might develop a system similar to that used Intel-based platform that implements both the processor itself as a graphics chip based on the ATi Radeon HD 4000 Series, and even wireless devices.
The AMD Phenom X4 II is scheduled to hit the market in the first quarter of 2009.
by Mick on November 13, 2008
AMD opteron Shanggai 45 nm
AMD has presented today the new Opteron processors manufactured at 45 nanometers. Just to remember that the Opteron is the micro chip for workstations and servers.
The new manufacturing process at 45 nanometers means that, in addition to match the competition with Intel processors, it’ll also earn an extra performance from the previous generation of AMD processors itself. According to them, these new AMD Opteron Shanghai are up to 35% more effective than the previous generation of Opteron, called Barcelon..
The AMD Opteron ‘Shanghai’ is a four processor cores in a range between 2.3 and 2.7 GHz. According to the AMD, theyhave improved the performance of these processors work in virtualization, and have made a series of developments in the form of compatibility with next-generation components: older caches, increased frequencies of kernels and lower end, 75 watts.
Concerning the future, AMD intends to launch new models of these processors in the first quarter of 2009 and will be the Quad-Core AMD Opteron HE and SE, with a consumption of 55 watts and 105 respectively. It seems that the HE will be a good option to have a server with low / medium consumption and decent performance, while the SE could be just the opposite: the Opteron 45 nm, more powerful with a very high power consumption, suitable for companies of which workload on the servers is higher than the ordinary.
