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 Microsoft's 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 512MB per core of L2 cache memory, while the 5600+ offers 1MB per core of L2 cache memory.
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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 Microsoft's 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 512MB per core of L2 cache memory, while the 5600+ offers 1MB per core of L2 cache memory.
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Now that's what I call a L2 size!
lol!
5600+ the hell it means?
5600+ the hell it means?
AMD's CPU architecture is alot better than Intels thats why they only need smaller cache as the info is processed quicker
and 5600+ is equivalent to 5.6GHz and the + represents that it can be overclocked higher
And the + means nothing. It's the PR mark. It doesn't say anything about overclocking, you just made that up.
Core 2 > AMD
Says someone with AMDMEFX-55 nickname ...
edit - just read the full article.
Their 90nm.
They should have just dropped prices on their older processors, that would have made them an ok deal. I don't know why anyone would want to buy one of these new CPUs instead of a C2D, considering the price/performance/overclockability. AMD's been completely pwned by the C2D and they seem to not want to accept reality.
Most people in the market for a new PC will look for cheap entry level systems and mid range computers. Only serious people who need the power such as gamers etc and people with too much money are going to go out and splash thousands on a new PC just so they can say "OMGZ0R0R0S My PC so 0wn5" for all of like 3 months.
Competition at the high end is good it pushes down the price of the mid range processors and at the end of the day how many processors you shift is just as important as who's on top. You need a good spread right across the range.
They should have just dropped prices on their older processors, that would have made them an ok deal. I don't know why anyone would want to buy one of these new CPUs instead of a C2D, considering the price/performance/overclockability. AMD's been completely pwned by the C2D and they seem to not want to accept reality.
True but what do you expect AMD to do? say "OMG WE HAVE BEEN P0WNED" and just roll over and leave the business? While im sure a lot of people would love that do you really expect anyone to even know what C2D is if it wasent for AMD pushing the market forward?
AMD know they have to play catchup they have been for a long time but they actually got to a position where they woke up the market leader and actually started a cost war. business is business and Intel on its own is very bad news for the consumer. Even if AMD knows its going to always be behind Intel but it keeps Intel producing and all the time AMD is selling chips they have to accept no reality they just need to carry on marketing and selling their products.
From AMD's site
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Produc...1^13076,00.html
Model Number |Frequency |CMOS Technology |L2 Cache |Packaging |Thermal Design Power
5600+.............|2.8 GHz.....| 90nm SOI...........| 1MB + 1MB.......|socket AM2| 89W
5400++...........|2.8 GHz.....| 90nm SOI...........| 512KB + 512KB|socket AM2| 89W
Last edited by dl0711 on 13 Dec 2006 - 18:24
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