AMD to Ship First Six-core Desktop Processor in Q22010-03-03 09:29 by DanielaTags: AMD, Phenom
Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday said its first six-core processor for desktops will ship in the second quarter of this year. The processor will be called Phenom II X6, an AMD spokesman said. The company displayed a working unit of the chip in a desktop at the Cebit trade show being held in Hanover, Germany. The company declined to comment on specific details about the chip, including the speed and cache size. However, the company has said it would go into desktops targeted at enthusiasts like gamers. AMD already offers six-core Opteron chips for servers. AMD announced the processor's shipment date just a few days after details about Intel's first six-core chip for desktops, called Core i7-980 Extreme Edition, surfaced on the site of German retailer Alternate. AMD initially announced the chip, code-named Thuban, during the financial analyst day in November. At the time the company said the processor would be manufactured using the 45-nanometer process. Intel's six-core chip, code-named Gulftown, will be manufactured using the 32-nm process. Read more -here-
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