Monday, February 15th 2010
Phenom II X6 to Get C-State Performance Boost Feature
AMD's upcoming six-core desktop processor, the Phenom II X6, will introduce a new feature to the Phenom II series, currently known as "C-state performance boost". The feature gives the processor control over individual cores' power states, and the ability to gate power down completely a core. The remaining active core(s), will then be overclocked beyond the normal clock speeds, so that low-power operation with reduced parallel computing load goes on with much lesser energy consumption.
Features such as C-state performance boost and 'power-gating' is relatively new for AMD processors. The two were originally expected to be introduced with AMD's 32 nm "Llano" Fusion APUs. AMD's Phenom II X6 is expected to be released in May 2010, its architecture is derived from the six-core "Istanbul" Opteron processors, albeit in the socket AM3 package that supports dual-channel DDR3 memory. There are as many as four models in the works for an initial release. Known details of these can be found here.
Source:
X-bit Labs
Features such as C-state performance boost and 'power-gating' is relatively new for AMD processors. The two were originally expected to be introduced with AMD's 32 nm "Llano" Fusion APUs. AMD's Phenom II X6 is expected to be released in May 2010, its architecture is derived from the six-core "Istanbul" Opteron processors, albeit in the socket AM3 package that supports dual-channel DDR3 memory. There are as many as four models in the works for an initial release. Known details of these can be found here.
36 Comments on Phenom II X6 to Get C-State Performance Boost Feature
A Hexa-Core is good for any thing that needs that CPU power, like video transcoding and etc.
BTW, the Yorkfield was released on March 08, so there is no way that the Q9650 is 3 years old.
We are living in year 2010 here, and this proc is due for May.
Also, the whole point to this "Turbo Boost" type technique is so that the 965 does not "out perform this in a vast majority of desktop apps".Both the Deneb and the Yorkfield are superior chips to the Kentsfield, so no.
This thing will be slower in most desktop apps than an AMD chip that is already on the market. I just don't understand what segment they are going for with this. Non ECC workstation?
Have you seen the specs as to what AMD's "turbo boost" is going to put out? How can you comment?Not by very much and in the case of Deneb that isn't always the case. I'm talking clock for clock here.
If this retails for under $300 at a decent clock speed and is somewhat overclockable it would be a pretty decent chip.
We are both speculating here.
And I wonder what the power consumption and clock speeds are gonna be like on Magny-Cours. It can't be all that pretty, that's for sure.
but i think AMD learned something from ATI this time.
performance per watt is not good as performance for price :)
I hope to see AMD answering every intel processor like they are doing with Nvidia. :cool:
AMD's comment didn't make any sense because at the time they made it both Intel and AMD had 4 physical cores, but Intel's were more powerful.
Just like someone with a 454 commenting about the guy with a supercharger by making the "There's no replacement for displacement" comment, when even without the supercharger the guy with the 502 has more displacement.