AMD has announced the Sempron 2100+ processor for embedded systems, offering fanless design and 64-bit technology in a 9W power envelope.
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AMD today unveiled the upcoming four-core AMD Phenom processor family name and publicly demonstrated the first all-AMD enthusiast platform, codenamed “FASN8.”
“The industry’s only true quad-core client processors are expected to deliver the ultimate visual experience, especially when paired with AMD’s new DirectX 10 ATI Radeon HD 2000 series. AMD expects true quad-core and dual-core AMD Phenom-based desktop systems will ship in the second half of 2007,” the chip maker announced today.
Intel today introduced the new Centrino “Santa Rosa” notebook computer technology. The latest “Santa Rosa”-based laptops with “Centrino Duo” and “Centrino Pro” logos feature the new Mobile Intel 965 Express chipsets, 64-bit Core 2 Duo processors with increased front side bus speed to 800MHz from 667MHz, a new integrated graphics, a wireless N connection with greater speed and range, a Turbo Memory for faster boot-up and application loading, and Intel’s Active Management Technology in business-use models.
The major notebook makers have already released the first “Santa Rosa” notebooks. Intel expects the release of more than 230 Centrino Duo and Centrino Pro processor technology-based designs from PC manufacturers, resellers and integrators around the world to be released this year.
Intel has published price cuts of up to 40% for its select desktop and server processors, DigiTimes reports.
Regarding desktop-use CPUs, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has fallen in price to US$530 while CPUs in the Core 2 Duo E6X00-series have been cut by up to 40%. Intel has also cut the price of the Core 2 Duo E4300 from US$163 to US$113, as well as of the Pentium D 935, 925, 915 and 820 processors for 37%, 35%, 12% and 6% respectively.
Along with Core 2 Duo E4400 “Allendale” processor, Intel has silently launched last week Core 2 Duo E6320 and E6420 “Conroe” CPUs.
The E6320 and E6420 are clocked at 1.86 GHz and 2.13 GHz and are priced at $173 and $197 at NewEgg, respectively. Both CPUs have 4MB of L2 cache and 1066 MHz front side bus speed.
The just launched Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 “Allendale” 64-bit dual-core processor for desktop computers is now available for purchase at various online retailers.
Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 is clocked at 2GHz and features 2MB of L2 cache, as well as 800MHz front side bus. Currently, it is best priced at NewEgg, where it costs $145.
AMD today announced the widespread availability and pricing of earlier introduced AMD Opteron Model 2222 and 8222 SE x86 dual-core 64-bit server and workstation processors. The company also said its forthcoming “Barcelona” quad-core Opteron CPUs will have significant performance advantage over the best Intel’s quad-core unit with the same clock speed.
“The new Barcelona projections are based on the latest SPECcpu2006 benchmarks and show that AMD expects to have up to a 50 percent advantage in floating point performance and 20 percent in integer performance over the competition’s highest-performing quad-core processor at the same frequency”, AMD says.
Half of all desktop PCs shipped in 2009 will be loaded with quad core processors, according to a study by research firm iSuppli.
“At the moment quad core only exists on top end machines, which proportionately account for a small part of the market. However by 2009 the firm expects the processors to be common in a much larger number of cheaper machines machines. By the third quarter of 2007 the firm predicts that quad cores will appear in five per cent of mainstream desktops, increasing to reach 18 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2008 and 49 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009,” PC Retail Magazine reports.
Intel has disclosed the presence of an enthusiast gaming platform code-named “Skulltrail“, PC Magazine reports.
“Little is known of Skulltrail, other than it will be a dual-socket, dual-core platform due later in the year. Rival AMD has already disclosed the Quad FX (also known as “4X4″), a dual-socket platform that can hold AMD’s Athlon 64 X2 processors. Intel executives declined to comment further,” the report says.
Forthcoming Intel “Penryn” processors, when used in desktop computers, will have more than 40 percent better gaming performance than their currently available Core 2 counterparts, according to indicators presented today at Intel Developer Forum in Beijing.
There are also expected increases of about 15 percent for imaging-related applications and 25 percent for 3-D rendering, as well as more than 40 percent faster video encoding with Intel SSE4 optimized video encoders.
AMD plans to release in May the 64-bit dual core Turion 64 X2 TL-66 notebook processor clocked at 2.3GHz and built using 65nm technology, HKEPC reports.
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-66 has 512KB of L2 cache per core and supports DDR2-800 dual channel memory, while its thermal design power (TDP) remains at 35W.
Intel plans to push its forthcoming Santa Rosa platform, scheduled for launch at the beginning of May, under its notebook PC platform brands Centrino Pro and Centrino Duo, as well as under a Viiv branded desktop platform too, according to Digi Times’ sources.
“PC makers such as AOpen, Sony and Shuttle have used mobile on desktop (MoDT) platforms to create small form factor systems targeted primarily at noise or space sensitive environments, such as SOHO and living room PC markets. However, these systems have found difficulty in expanding sales in to the wider desktop market due to higher costs, lower performance, and lower expansion options compared to traditional desktop systems,” the report says.
AMD has cut prices for its desktop processors with price tags falling up to $200 for high-end Athlon 64 FX-70 series processors, Digi Times reports.
“Several products have also been discontinued including the socket AM2-based Athlon 64 FX-64, and the socket 754-based Sempron 3400+ and 3000+. Under the newly published list, socket 754 has been phased-out, while only three socket 939 units remain suggesting that this architecture will also be discontinued soon,” the report says.
Intel today launched the 64-bit quad-core Core 2 Extreme QX6800 processor with 2.93 GHz clock speed. As same as older QX6700 at 2.66 GHz, it has 8MB of L2 cache and 1066MHz front-side bus.
DailyTech reports the Core 2 Extreme QX6800 is priced at $1199, but after Q3’07 price cuts will cost $999.
Intel has silently launched the Core 2 Duo U7600 and Core 2 Duo U7500, the corporation’s first 64-bit ultra-low voltage (ULV) processors.
The U7600 is clocked at 1.2 GHz, while the U7500 runs at 1.06 GHz. Both have 2MB of L2 cache and a 533 MHz front-side bus, as well as TDP (thermal design power) of 10 watts.
