AMD publicly stated late last year that it would be able to offer quad-core AMD Phenom 9700 and 9900 CPUs with fixed erratum as well as at higher clock-speeds in Q1 2008. However, the chipmaker recently notified its partners that the launch of its higher-end chips will be postponed until next quarter.
According to the company, the decision to postpone the launch was based on OEM input on how AMD should prioritize its next two waves of AMD Phenom processor models.
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According to the company, the decision to postpone the launch was based on OEM input on how AMD should prioritize its next two waves of AMD Phenom processor models.
View: Full Story at TechSpot
were losing money on purpose!
All my previous pc's have been AMD but next one is propably going to be Intel..
So they have been rather honest in a lot of areas. The delay wasn't down to customer input, it was down to a flaw in the TLB circuitry (according to one aforementioned source) on the chip.
Personally, I don't see a massive need for Quad Core in the everyday market....single core for majority of applications on a daily basis is just fine...dual core is fine for gaming....quad core makes everything that bit better on Crysis. Games driving hardware industry...it WILL lead to disaster.
Umm actually... no. Games HELP the HARDWARE market push towards bigger and better things.
Last edited by LTD on 14 Jan 2008 - 11:46
Sigh...buying a Q6600 makes much more sense right now!
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