Last week Dutch resource was published details about the nearest AMD plans on the processors release . we have not published those news due totwo circumstances. First, a sharp difference in given road map from recent information . In the second place, the realization of that fact that Dutch resource was once noted in the propagation of the uncertain information about AMD plans .
Meanwhile today published with Dutch information sources supplemented site HKE PC. This already give occasion about the possibility of such AMD plans . Let us begin, , with the changes in positioning of the processors family Athlon 64 fx. As in both sources , these processors will move to the design concept Socket F already in the present year. The announcement of processor Athlon 64 fx-64 (3.0 GHz) planned previously in Socket AM2 .
But why?, AMD will positione processors Athlon 64 fx as the solutions for platform 4x4, which implies the use of two dual core processors. so to restrict the use in motherboards of class 4x4 the usual processors Athlon 64 x2 Socket AM2, amd solved the question and limited the application sphere in Athlon 64 FX by platform Socket F especially because this platform has been already long time ago been ready to multiprocessor configurations.
Thus, family with the code name Athlon 64 fx-2p will initially consisted in three models:
- Athlon 64 fx-70 - > Socket F, frequency of 2.6 GHz, 2 X 1 mb in the sceond level, TDP=125 W;
- Athlon 64 fx-72 - > Socket F, frequency of 2.8 GHz, 2 X 1 mb in the sceond level, TDP=125 W;
- Athlon 64 fx-74 - > Socket F, frequency of 3.0 GHz, 2 X 1 mb in the sceond level, TDP=125 W.
All three processors will be released during November so that would compete with Kentsfield. They will be based on the existing 0.09 m Windsor core, but therefore they will support dual-channel memory Ddr2-667. the prices are not thus far determined, but earlier AMD promised that the pair of such processors will be possible to be purchased for the sum less than $1000. It is completely natural that Athlon 64 fx single-processor systems are retracted from assortment AMD - price competition from their side to the newly-made platform 4x4 it is not necessary.
By the propagation of systems with support 4x4 will be occupied important OEM producers of type Dell and HP. judging by everything, AMD does not hide the "elite destination" of processors for the platform 4x4 - to the mass production for such processors is pretty hard. From other side, the disappearance of the "single-processor" versions Athlon 64 fx only accelerates the displacement of the processors family Athlon 64 x2 into the average and lower price segments.