The processor Phenom 9700 with 2.4 GHz frequency should be released in mid-December. Processors with higher frequencies will be released in the next year.
Many are concerned on Phenom FX processors, which will get a free multiplier . Associate reported yesterday that the model Phenom FX will be available in December this year. Specifications are not refined, but it will be certainly the close relative to Barcelona Socket F. In this case, AMD does not even need a higher frequency (than Phenom 9700 (2.4 GHz)) .
Agena FX processors will be released under phenom FX-8x. Toliman processors are now renamed to Phenom 8xxx. They will be released only in March 2008. The announcement of new generation dual-core processors, known under the name Athlon 6xxx is scheduled for the second quarter 2008.
Here is the Phenom processor announcement procedure . AMD is not going to send Phenom samples through official channels . Instead, the entire European reviewer will be invited to a special event, where AMD will demonstrate the performance of AMD Phenom in special tests.