It became clear that AMD for some reasons does not hurry to publish the performance of dual core processors generation k10. More exactly , company for sure has a desire to publish them faster, but it simply does not have the possibility. We assume that all produced processors generation k10 in the first time will be based on four core solutions, which have sufficiently large crystal area. Before the fourth quarter 2007 will be fixed the production of dual core processors phenom X2 (Kuma).
The market need faster AMD dual core rapid and now the high-end models athlon 64 X2 are produced on 90 nm technical process, but already to the end of this quarter the release of such processors will come to the end . Processors phenom X2 will appear only before the fourth quarter. However, what AMD will propose before the third quarter as replacement to the removed 90 nm processors athlon 64 X2 high-end models?
As reported associate with reference to fresh AMD road map, due to the prevailing conditions the company made the decision to present new processors generation K8 before the third quarter 2007. In August Will be released the energy effective dual core 65 nm processors brisbane, which in frequencies range 1.9-2.3 GHz will have TDP not more than 45 W. These processors can fit in the new notation , after becoming the members of series Be -2xxx.
Furthermore, AMD in September 2007 will show 65 nm version athlon 64 X2 6000+. From the characteristics of the new high end athlon 64 X2 is known only that the TDP level will be lowered from the present 125 W to 89 W. If we considers that processors brisbane have only 2 X 512 KB cache in the second level, it is possible to determine the exemplary frequency of 65 nm version athlon 64 X2 6000+: it will be equal to 3.1 GHz, since the present 90 nm version with this rating has 3.0 GHz frequency and 2 X 1 mb cache in the second level.
Now the high-end processor brisbane operates at 2.6 GHz frequency , TDP level is limited to 65 W. Since brisbane processors can overclock to frequencies more than 3.0 GHz, it is completely predicted that AMD prepared for a certain increase in TDP level , faster brisbane models . It is possible to assume that the space between Athlon 64 X2 5000+ and Athlon 64 X2 6000+ before the third quarter will be also filled by 65 nm processors.
Processors athlon 64 X2 (Brisbane) from the previous generation can exist in parallel with processors kuma. It is completely possible that brisbane processors until September will have time to pass on new stepping, and their overclocking potential will be improved.