New Athlon 64 chips unveiled

[Vince Coen]

Hello All!

AMD has taken the wraps off furn new desktop processors that boast integrated
virus protection for PCs and notebooks.
AMD launched the Athlon 64 FX-53 alongside the 64 3800+, 3700+, 3500+ chips
at the recent Computex show in Taipei, Taiwan.

The new processors also incorporate AMD's cool'n'Quiet technology. The chips
use the new 939-pin package - already used in Opteron processors - which
enable them to support a wider memory base and boosts performance.

The AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 peocessor is priced at $799, while the 3800, 3700,
3500 are priced at $720, $710 and $500 respectively in 1,000 unit quantities.

For more details see www.crn.vnunet.com/news/1155509 & 1155510

 

[Piggy]

See also www.newegg.com

 

[Daniel P]

Old news man

 

[DougH]

The chips

use the new 939-pin package - already used in Opteron processors - which
enable them to support a wider memory base and boosts performance.

Opterons don't use the 939. They use the 940 package.

DougH

 

[FrobinRobin]

Opterons don't use the 939. They use the 940 package.

DougH

Correct DougH.. opterons are only 940, athlon64 and athlon64 FX are
939 at the moment !

If you want to know about new processors.. try searchin
alt.comp.hardware.amd for 'dual core processors' .. I've not verified
what was said - but I read the post and it seems like AMD want to
'glue' two opterons together... now that is new news! (well its at
least a week old)
But then again.. on the internet news travels faster than ever before!
including rumours! cant blame these guys for wanting to seem cool in a
nerdy newsgroup...oops! I shouldnt say nerds... we're 'professionals'
nowadays