AMD has completed its design for their dual-core Opteron CPUs which should be ready to ship next year. Dual-core chips will be all the rage for the next few years, with smaller manufacturing processes and much greater performance improvements versus…
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DigiTimes has more details on AMD’s upcoming Sempron processor line which is making old cores new again. Slick product plans by AMD, it will make for an easy transition to 64-bit land for most of its customers, cutting down cost…
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Motherboards.org has a review of the ASUS A8V Deluxe WiFi, one of the first Socket 939 boards in the market designed for AMD’s latest batch of 64-bit chips. They’ve managed to include a large number of features in the board…
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X-bit labs has the word on just what AMD’s Sempron processor line is. It looks like the Sempron tag will go on all future “low-end” 32-bit general purpose CPUs AMD plans to release, replacing the Athlon name in Socket-A land…
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CNET News has a bit about the new Sempron line of low-cost CPUs AMD will be releasing. The article makes no mention of specifications or even what core the CPU is based on but if it’s inexpensive enough and uses…
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X-bit labs has the story on ServerWorks’ plans to develop a chipset for AMD’s Opteron processors. They design chipsets with features that cater to multiple processor servers and workstations which the Opteron line just happens to be able to function…
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PC Perspective had access to three AMD Athlon 64 (Socket 939) based motherboards from the likes of MSI, Asus, and a reference design by NVIDIA coupled with a beefy Athlon 64 FX-53 they’re sure to chew through tasks. This is…
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The Tech Report has been busy. This time around they have a review of the Abit KV8 Pro motherboard designed for the AMD Athlon 64 Socket 754-pin configuration. The board sports the latest VIA K8T800 Pro chipset and since it’s…
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The Tech Report has a small blurb on the possibility that AMD Athlon 64/Opteron based motherboard manufacturers would not be able to use the BTX form factor for its products. It appears to be due to the unique design of…
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The Tech Report has pictures and more details on IWill’s dual AMD Opteron small form factor PC. The desktop will pack serious power into a small case which would appeal to 3D artists and the like and it is supposed…
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It seems all of those lovely non-disclosure agreements have expired, simultaneously might I add, and out come a flood of Socket 939 processor reviews. Here are some sites that have reviews of AMD’s new high-end chips consumer chips: AnandTech Beyond3D…
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