main
Report a problem

AMD’s First 45nm Desktop CPU Set to Arrive Jan 09

Daniel Fleshbourne   on 28 August 2008 - 17:31 · 9 comments & 6334 views

Advertisement (Why?)
Advanced Micro Devices plans to announce its first desktop microprocessors produced using 45nm process technology on the 8th of January, 2009, the first day of Consumer Electronics Show. The code-named Deneb chips will not get truly high clock-speed boost, but will be able to offer substantially higher performance thanks to larger cache and architectural improvements.

The first desktop processors from AMD made using 45nm process technology will be AMD Phenom X4 chips clocked at 2.80GHz and 3.00GHz, sources familiar with AMD’s plans said. The new processors will support both DDR2 and DDR3 memory, but since the initial chips will be available in socket AM2+ form-factor, the chips will have to rely on dual-channel DDR2 PC2-8500 (1066MHz DDR2) memory.

View: The full story @ Xbit-Labs

Post a comment · Send to friend Comments · There are 9 additional comments
#1 RAID 0 on 28 Aug 2008 - 17:41
I hope AMD has a few tricks up their sleeve. They're gonna need it to compete against Nehalem.
#2 some_guy on 28 Aug 2008 - 18:22
amd needs to pull this off without any problems this time
#3 Airlink on 28 Aug 2008 - 18:51
Note to X-bit labs: AM2+ is a socket, not a form-factor. Get your terminology right.
(1 reply) #4 RPDL on 28 Aug 2008 - 20:15
Since I'll probably be buying a new computer in 2009, I hope this will be able to compete against Core i7.
#4.1 The Intruder on 28 Aug 2008 - 21:01
It won't.. but it will be a great value if you're not looking to spend a huge sum of money.

Deneb will be a powerful processor for any power user imo. Core i7 is just insanely powerful (from what the benches show)

you can afford to wait a few seconds
(3 replies) #5 rajputwarrior on 28 Aug 2008 - 20:39
hopefully this will be more gaming oriented then the Core i7's...
#5.1 Airlink on 29 Aug 2008 - 02:17
Define: "Gaming oriented"
#5.2 The Intruder on 29 Aug 2008 - 03:58
(Airlink said @ #5.1)
Define: "Gaming oriented"


He's probably stating the chipsets AMD has to offer.
#5.3 GP007 on 29 Aug 2008 - 17:17
Well, nVidia caved in and allowed SLi on intels x58 chipsets. That seems to make nehalem more "gaming oriented" as well.

Commenting has either been disabled on this article or you are not logged in. Click here to login or register, its free!

Note: Anonymous commenting is disabled in order to keep the quality of responses to a high standard.

Advertisement (Why?)