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    AMD Rolls Out New Athlon Processors

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    December 12, 2006
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      Advanced Micro Devices is rolling out two additional dual-core processors as part of its Athlon 64 X2 family of chips.

      The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker announced Dec. 12 that it would begin shipping the Athlon 64 X2 5400+ and the 5600+ to OEMs, which AMD said will include Dell. The Round Rock, Texas, PC maker already uses Athlon processors in its line of Dimension desktops.

      Since dual-core chips were first introduced by Intel, with the Pentium Extreme Edition 840 processor in 2005, and later by AMD, OEMs, such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo and Gateway, have all begun offering numerous high-end desktops and notebooks that feature the technology, which offers two processing cores on a single piece of silicon.

      In a statement, AMD officials said the two new dual-core processors would offer better graphics performance, while reducing power costs. The two chips will also support Microsofts Windows Vista operating system, which requires a much more powerful processor in order for users to access all its features.

      The 5400+ and the 5600+ each offer speeds of 2.8GHz, an AM2 socket and an 89-watt thermal design. With the 5400+, AMD is offering 512KB per core of L2 cache memory, while the 5600+ offers 1MB per core of L2 cache memory.

      The two new dual-core AMD processors are built on a 90-nanometer manufacturing technology. On Dec. 5, AMD announced that it would begin making several of its dual-core chips, including several Athlon 64 X2 processors, with new 65-nm technology.

      AMD also recently announced that it is working with IBM on a 45-nm manufacturing standard.

      When AMD announced its switch to the 65-nm process, company officials estimated that it would convert all of its processor to the new manufacturing technology by the second half of 2007.

      In addition to its dual-core offering, AMD has been giving analysts a sneak peek at the companys quad-core processor for server, which will come to market in 2007. On Dec. 11, Intel announced that it would begin to offer its fifth quad-core processor in its Xeon 5300 series.

      The 5400+ is priced at $485 per 1,000 units, and the 5600+ is priced at $505 per 1,000 units, the company said.

      Check out eWEEK.coms for the latest news, views and analysis on servers, switches and networking protocols for the enterprise and small businesses.

      Scott Ferguson

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