Thursday, December 6th 2007
AMD to Bring Back K8 Architecture
AMD feels that the K8 architecture still has a little life in it. While Intel is working hard on 45-nm and Quad Core platforms that will cost quite a pretty penny, AMD is working on cost-effective and energy efficient solutions for the dudes that don't need or can't afford 1.21 gigawatts of processing power. To create said solutions, AMD is going to revert to an old favorite: the tried-and-true K8 architecture. After putting the K8 series through a die shrink, AMD plans to bring 11 65nm K8 CPUs to market, under the code-name Brisbane. The new 65nm variants of the K8 architecture will more likely than not require very little power to run, and will even more likely be clocked at high speeds. AMD is putting a large focus on energy efficiency, as the majority of current confirmed CPU models are flagged "Energy Efficient". All of the new 65nm K8 chips will be socket AM2, and will work in an AM2+ motherboard.
Source:
DailyTech
42 Comments on AMD to Bring Back K8 Architecture
I want a 7000+ Black Edition, please. :)
I mean... hey:
:wtf:
I wish they could lunch some new (or old) 939 for sometime while the market don't get stable again (too much things changing to upgrade now).
65nm isn't real new for AMD and everything mentioned seems like a continuation, nothing really new.
It´s not about XXnm, it´s about PERFORMANCE.
Finally some guys over AMD managed to face reality...
...now that the Phenom BIOS/Microcode workaround has been benchmarked.
forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=46318
techreport.com/articles.x/13741
Neither Phenom or 790X are working the way they´re supposed to do by original plans.
And for the other post, I would love to see them release a faster socket 939 chip than the FX-60 but chances are that won't happen.
It is more likely that they will require very little power than it is that they will require a lot of power.
To write it a different way.. There is a greater chance that these will use very little power than the chance that they won't.
Anyways..
Low power and high performance? Does anyone else smell a gaming laptop favorite?
now if only microsoft was to release that vista was a huge flop in their face, half the pirating as xp? im not suprised, no one wants vista, not even pirates. if only they'd make xp better while taking vista back to the drawing board..