AMD Delivers Dual-Core Desktop Chips

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[SapiensBryan Blog - The Latest Tech Breaking News Blog.] As expected in the post “AMD’s Dual Core Athlon64 X2 Debut” early this month, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) plans to launch four dual-core Athlon 64 X2 processors–the 4800+, the 4600+, the 4400+ and the 4200+ in Taiwan on Tuesday, May 31, 2005.

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[Engadget.com] AMD gets dual-core with Athlon 64 X2 - Engadget - www.engadget.com: AMD is rolling out its first dual-core chips for desktops by launching four dual-core Athlon 64 X2 processors: the 4800+, the 4600+, the 4400+ and the 4200+. PCWorld pronounces AMD’s chip the better performer after testing, but at twice the price of Intel’s Pentium D dual-core offerings there are bound to be many folks wondering if the extra performance is worth it. They mention you’ll get the largest performance boost if you use multithreaded software or work with multiple applications at once, which prompts us to wonder —

[Weblog.infoworld.com] InfoWorld: AMD dual-core Athlon 64 X2 lures HP as partner: AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor performance benchmarks have already yielded results, the company said. Digital media applications can see an average of a 34 percent increase compared to similar single-core AMD Athlon 64 proces-sors, while overall productivity benchmark results can see a 22 percent average increase. These dramatic performance gains available with AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors allow power-hungry users to usher in the next generation of digital media software with amazing high definition video rendering and editing, digital content creation, imaging, and audio mixing.

[Blog.tmcnet.com] AMD gets dual-core with Athlon 64 X2: AMD gets dual-core with Athlon 64 X2 - VoIP Blog. ... Tom's Hardware Guide Processors: AMD's Dual Core Athlon 64 X2 ... | Techware Labs Community :: View ...

[Edn.com] A Dual-Core Dynamo: The Athlon 64 X2 - Brian's Brain - Blog on EDN ...: Following up on recent-past dual-core coverage, samples of AMD's dual-core desktop PC CPUs, the Athlon 64 X2 series, are now shipping. My test system only showed up yesterday, due to a shipping snafu, but until my evaluation results arrive you can content yourself with AnandTech's solid-as-usual data.

[Blog.informationweek.com] InformationWeek Windows Weblog: 64-Bit Windows XP On AMD's New X2: How Fast? ... Wagner's Weblog Network Computing's Daily Blog Got Dot Net PDC Bloggers Slashdot Living Without Microsoft ...

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Posted at June 13, 2005 01:01 PM