Intel’s Paul Otellini today, during the Intel Developer Forum, confirmed the launch for Penryn-based Xeon processors is set for November 12. Penryn will be Intel’s first 45nm architecture, designed for mobile, desktop, server and workstation use.
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AMD will cut prices on some of AM2 Athlon 64 X2 processors on August 13th reportedly.
“Athlon 64 X2 4000+, the 4200+ and the X2 4400+ will all have their prices cut. Earlier on Aug 6th, AMD has released dual-core Opteron 8222, 2222, 1222 at 3GHz/95W and Opteron 8224 SE, 2224 SE at 3.2GHz/119W and cut some of the older Opteron models prices,” the report says.
Intel is planning to release a system with 16 processing cores by the end of the summer, Vnunet reports.
The new platform, codenamed Caneland, will feature four processor sockets, each able to support the companys latest quad-core chips. The systems were first demonstrated in October last year.
VIA Technologies is scheduled to launch its new processor core, dubbed Isaiah, in the first quarter of 2008, with the new architecture entering EVT engineering validation test stage in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Digitimes.
“The Isaiah core engineering codename CN will replace VIAs Esther processor architecture, which was introduced in 2004,” Digitimes said.
AMD is preparing to launch a new high-end desktop processor, the Athlon 64 X2 6400, which will be the last processor in the Athlon 64 X2 family, DigiTimes reports.
Currently, AMD’s highest-end desktop processor is the Athlon 64 X2 6000. However, with its performance unable to match Intel’s upcoming Core 2 Duo E6850, AMD plans to launch the new 6400 to cover up the gap in the market, noted the DigiTimes’ sources.
Intel Corporation has introduced its first Intel Core 2 Extreme mobile dual-core chip - “the world’s highest-performing mobile processor”. The company also introduced new desktop Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Duo processors and said it expects to announce battery-friendly quad-core processors for laptop computers next year.
AMD is gearing up for the Back to School season by announcing some price cuts for its dual-core processors on Monday. Besides these price cuts AMD will also can all current single-core Athlon and Sempron processors.
AMD announced today that Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors, code-named “Barcelona,” are planned for shipment in both standard and low power versions at launch in August. “Due to its enhanced architecture – it is the world’s first x86 CPU to integrate four processing cores on a single die of silicon – Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors can deliver significant performance and performance-per-watt enhancements over existing processor architectures yet are designed to be backwards compatible with existing AMD Opteron platforms,” according to AMD.
AMD’s family of high-end desktop CPUs Phenom (Agena) is scheduled to start appearing in November, according to sources at Taiwan-based motherboard makers. Four products are set to be available in 2007, which will be followed by 11 more during first quarter 2008.
Intel plans to reveal at least tree new products including the Pentium E2180 processor with 1 MB cache, a new Celeron 440 CPU and a the Q35 chipset. The Celeron 440 is based on the Conroe L dual core processor, supports FSB 800 and has total of 512 KB cache and is clocked at 2 GHz. The Intel Pentium dual core processor E2180 is based on the Conroe core and it also supports FSB 800, has 1 MB cache and will work at 2.0 GHz, according to Fudzilla.
This June AMD is going to launch 65nm version of their Athlon 64 X2 5200+ processors on Brisbane core that will hit 2.7GHz frequency. The closest 65nm dual-core AMD processor with similar features that is available at this time is working at 2.6GHz. It is Athlon 64 X2 5000+ with 64W maximum TDP.
“Intel plans to lower the notebook processors pricing and introduce some new processors on September 2nd. On this date, 7 new processors will be launched and they are Core 2 Extreme X7900 and T7800, Core 2 Duo T7250, L7700, U2200, U2100, and Celeron 550,” Vr-zone reports.
Vr-Zone has published some details of the upcoming AM2+ Phenom FX processor and the new AMD CPU model naming.
AMD today announced three leading vendors attending Computex Taipei are unveiling their server platforms demonstrating the industry’s first native x86 quad-core solution, Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors (codenamed “Barcelona”). “Barcelona” processors are expected to deliver up to 50 to 80 percent performance and performance-per-watt improvements on a broad range of server applications over similar current generation AMD Opteron processors. In addition, these quad-core processors are designed to be drop-in compatible (following a BIOS upgrade) with all existing AMD Opteron processor-based systems using low-power DDR2 memory, while also enabling new platform capabilities such as those being demonstrated today.
