Monday, March 22nd 2010
AMD Working on Black Edition Phenom II X6 Part
AMD's lineup of six-core desktop processors under the Phenom II X6 banner indeed includes a high-end part. A Bahrain-based etailer disclosed prices of some of the models, which includes a Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition. This chip operates at 3.20 GHz, with a TDP of 125W. Being a Black Edition part, it sports an unlocked BClk multipler that helps overclocking. AMD plans to sell this chip at US $295. The Phenom II X6 1055T is the other part with a price-tag. This 2.80 GHz chip also has its TDP at 125W, although we've lead to believe that AMD will release a 95W variant, too. The 1055T goes for US $199. Both chips are based on the "Thuban" core, which feature six cores on a monolithic die, with 9 MB of total chip cache (512 KB L2 per core, and 6 MB L3 shared).
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Alienbabeltech
102 Comments on AMD Working on Black Edition Phenom II X6 Part
I hope this will push Intel to make 6 cores for ~$300.
the 95W version is gunna be a hit...
with 50% more cores, these chips WILL be as fast as intel, at least in multithreaded environments - and AMD tends to have better efficiency at idle, which is a win for me.
this will definitely be mine...
well done AMD - finding a niche against the might of Intel can't be easy...
Hey nt300, your avatar looks different lol!
Can't wait to get my hands one of these