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AMD processors hit by performance issues on Windows 11, patch on the way

Paul Hill — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 17:12:01 +0000

AMD has said that its CPUs are taking a performance hit on Windows 11 systems and that it has teams working on the issues. Patches should be released later this month through Windows. Read more...

TechSpot: AMD CPU Refresh - 5 New Phenom II & Athlon II Models

Julio Franco — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:41:54 +0000

AMD is replenishing its ranks with five “new” processors which include an ultra affordable dual-core model and a modestly priced hexa-core processor. While the Phenom II X6 1055T operates at 2.80GHz and the 1090T Black Edition... Read more...

Quad-Core on the cheap: AMD Athlon II X4 620 reviewed

Julio Franco — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:00:04 +0000

AMD is launching a new series of affordable quad-core processors today under the Athlon II brand name. Based on the 'Propus' architecture and built using a 45nm design process, the new series is intended to... Read more...

AMD Phenom II X2 550 BE and Athlon II X2 250 review

Julio Franco — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:11:23 +0000

AMD has made a successful transition to the 45nm fabrication process, giving the Phenom II series the necessary breathing room to prove it has what it takes to go head to head with the Intel... Read more...

AMD reveals new Turion, Athlon, Sempron mobile CPUs

Steven Parker — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:15:44 +0000

An apparently official roadmap turned up by ComputerBase recently revealed that the company is, in fact, doing its job and churning out CPUs at a steady pace. This latest batch consists of four Griffin-based chips,... Read more...

AMD Quietly Returns Athlon 64 Chips to Mobile Lineup

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:11:57 +0000

In a bid to boost sales of its mobile CPUs, Advanced Micro Devices has quietly returned Athlon 64-branded chips into its mobile family. AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK processors are specifically designed for notebooks, as... Read more...

AMD Launches 'Black Edition' Athlon 64 X2 5000+

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:07:48 +0000

To complement the Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Black Edition, AMD has silently launched its Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition. All technical aspects of the processor are identical to its non-Black Edition counterpart; the only... Read more...

More AMD price cuts announced, Athlon 64 X2 targeted

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:35:19 +0000

AMD has publish yet another set of price cuts this time for its mid- to high-end dual-core desktop CPUs, the Athlon 64 X2. A recently as January 22, AMD announced similar cuts for its lower-end... Read more...

Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Hits Store Shelves Way Early

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:51:48 +0000

The AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+, expected February 20th, 2007 – available now. Newegg began selling the 90nm dual-core 3.0GHz chip for $599 in-stock (just under the volume distributor pricing of $607) while Buy.com also... Read more...

I'm Dreaming of a 3.0GHz Athlon 64 X2

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:48:33 +0000

The Athlon 64 X2 6000+ processor was originally supposed to be unveiled in late 2006. Earlier this week, AMD added the Athlon 64 6000+ SKU to its distributor roadmap. The 6000+ chips are scheduled for... Read more...

AMD to ship Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 'next quarter'

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:39:59 +0000

AMD will ship the Athlon 64 X2 6000+ and release the single-core Athlon 64 4000+ next quarter, it has been claimed. Both with be the last current-generation chips, allowing AMD to focus on its next-generation... Read more...

AMD Rolls Outs New Athlon Processors

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:15:24 +0000

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... Read more...

ATI targets next-gen Athlon 64 FX with four-GPU chipset?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:16:29 +0000

ATI will target AMD's Socket AM2+ interconnect with its RD790 chipset - a part with the abiility to host four graphics cards, allegedly leaked company roadmap slides reveal. Socket AM2+ is expected to debut in... Read more...

AMD schedules December for 65nm Athlon debut?

Steven Parker — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:23:54 +0000

What has AMD got coming up during the last three months of the year? A host of 65nm and 90nm Athlons, apparently, according to roadmap slides posted on the internet last week which would seem... Read more...

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (AM2) Overclocking Performance

Julio Franco — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:02:46 +0000

AMD recently announced a new revision of the Athlon 64 processor core. This new revision codenamed 'Orleans' brings a number of new features to the Athlon 64 line-up including SSE3 support, an updated memory controller... Read more...

AMD Quad-Core Opteron, Athlon 64 Processors Details Leak

Wed, 03 May 2006 22:21:56 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices has been relatively open in terms of its technology and platform roadmap, however, the firm is extremely tight-lipped about specifications or features of concrete products. Nevertheless, as web-site has published details concerning... Read more...

AMD Releases Athlon 64 FX-60

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:57:00 +0000

AMD has released the first dual core processor in its Athlon 64 FX line, the FX-60. Clocked at 2.6GHz, the new flagship desktop processor uses the Toledo core, which features 1MB L2 cache on... Read more...

New Nvidia Chipsets Tweak Athlon 64 Motherboards

Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:10:00 +0000

nForce chipsets slated to feature integrated GeForce DirectX 9 and Shader Model 3.0 graphics technology for AMD Athlon 64 platforms. Santa Clara-based graphics manufacturer Nvidia today announced new integrated graphics chipset offerings... Read more...

AMD to launch a cheaper Athlon 64 X2

Steven Parker — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:02:28 +0000

Bit-tech are reporting that they have learned that AMD are close to shipping a more affordable addition to its superb Athlon 64 X2 architecture. After the initial launch, which was out of... Read more...

AMD Athlon FX-57 Overclocking – 3.54GHz with Phase Change

Steven Parker — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:42:27 +0000

Got this in the mail last night from TweakTowns mailing list, enjoy. "Byron Johnstone, our new writer from South Africa, is a complete overclocking nut and he loves taking all manors of computer... Read more...

AMD Releases Athlon 64 X2 Driver for XP SP2 & Server 2003

Steven Parker — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:32:34 +0000

WindowsXP Central is reporting that AMD have released a driver for the Athlon 64 X2 CPU, that enables Windows XP SP2 and 2003 SP1 and Windows 32 & 64 bit systems to adjust core speed... Read more...

AMD to launch dual-core Athlon 64 on May 31

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 20 May 2005 15:06:25 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices will launch the first dual-core version of its Athlon 64 desktop processor at Taiwan's Computex trade show on May 31. The AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor will be launched on the first... Read more...

AMD Debuts Athlon 64 X2

Mon, 09 May 2005 19:09:22 +0000

AMD has lifted the press ban on its new dual-core desktop processors, and the results look promising. Most sites are reporting that the high end X2 chips from AMD are significantly faster then comparable Intel... Read more...

Athlon 64 to go exclusively 939

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 09:16:01 +0000

The Athlon 64 processor family will fully transition to 939-pin, AMD has told its vendors. Last orders are expected until June and will be delivered until December. Good news for everyone who wants PCI-e,... Read more...

AMD Confirms Obligatory BIOS Support for New AMD Athlon 64

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:00:22 +0000

Representatives for Advanced Micro Devices confirmed on Wednesday that to support AMD Athlon 64 processors revision E will need a BIOS update. The company did not reckon any other obstacles to support the upcoming central... Read more...

AMD lowers Athlon 64 prices again

Tue, 09 Nov 2004 15:31:36 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) yesterday cut the prices of its Athlon 64 CPUs, with the aim of boosting sales of its 64-bit processors in the channel, according to sources at AMD Taiwan. AMD had previously... Read more...

AMD's 90nm Athlon 64 Have Equal Performances to 130nm Chips

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 22:25:02 +0000

An AMD representative denied any substantial architectural tweaks of AMD Athlon 64 processors manufactured 90nm fabrication technology on Monday, rejecting the rumors about higher performance of AMD64 parts produced using more advanced process technology compared... Read more...

ATI readies 'Radeon Xpress' Athlon 64 chipset

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:30:59 +0000

ATI will ship its first PCI Express chipsets next month, initially targeting AMD processors, followed by Intel-oriented versions in November. And the new chipsets will ship under a new brand, Radeon Xpress. So claims Anandtech,... Read more...

AMD Launches New Athlon 64

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:08:45 +0000

Further pitting itself against Intel's Pentium M offerings, Advanced Micro Devices this week expanded its lineup of mobile Athlon 64-bit processors. The new Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processor 3000+ operates at 2 GHz and is... Read more...

AMD Samples Athlon 64 4000+, FX-55 Chips, but on 130nm

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:47:04 +0000

While Advanced Micro Devices is shipping its 90nm processors to customers at present, the company's higher-end chips targeted for introduction later this year may still be made using mature 130nm Silicon-on-Insulator technology. Pictures of AMD... Read more...

AMD Athlon in shortage, buying surge follows price cuts

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:54:34 +0000

A surge in demand for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon processors has caused a supply shortage in the channels in Taiwan, China and Europe, and this may undermine AMD's opportunity to boost its market share,... Read more...

AMD ships 90-nanometer Mobile Athlon 64

Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:27:21 +0000

Issuing a press release today AMD announced today that has started shipments of its 90nm Mobile Athlon 64 (codenamed "Oakville"). AMD previously announced that it would ship 90nm processors during the third quarter of... Read more...

BTX may not work for Athlon 64

Wed, 02 Jun 2004 14:28:45 +0000

The crew over at The Tech Report has discovered BTX may not work on AMDs Athlon 64 processors. I've spoken with several sources here on the show floor from motherboard and enclosure... Read more...

AMD boosts Athlon 64 performance

Tue, 01 Jun 2004 17:45:15 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices has bolstered the performance of its Athlon 64 PC processor. The chipmaker on Tuesday released four Athlon 64 chips including an Athlon 64 3800+ and an updated Athlon 64... Read more...

Revamped AMD Athlon 64 Chips to Debut at Computex

Sun, 30 May 2004 20:54:07 +0000

As previously reported, Advanced Micro Devices is likely to roll-out its new 64-bit microprocessors with more efficient design and higher performance at Computex 2004 show in Taipei, Taiwan. Three New Chips Coming... Read more...

AMD Aims Athlon 64 at Digital Home

Fri, 28 May 2004 16:14:09 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices is in talks with HP and eMachines, a division of Gateway, about developing the so-called Media Center personal computers powered by AMD Athlon 64 processors. While there are no actual plans declared,... Read more...

AMD Holds Athlon 64 2600+ Chip in the Pockets

Thu, 27 May 2004 14:58:37 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices may have a yet another trump in its hands to fight low-cost Intel's Pentium 4 "Prescott" microprocessors – an extremely affordable 64-bit Athlon 64 chip that still delivers respectable performance as well... Read more...

Athlon XP will have no PCI Express support

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 May 2004 19:07:00 +0000

AMD HAS CONFIRMED that it will not include support for PCI Express for future Athlon XP processors. We asked Via whether it would produce chipsets supporting PCI-E for XPs, and it said it has no... Read more...

AMD to introduce 32-bit CPU Codename Athlon XP Paris

Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:55:43 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) aims to strengthen its position in the entry-level processor market by introducing a 32-bit CPU, codenamed Athlon XP Paris, in the third quarter of this year, according to sources at Taiwanese... Read more...

3 Athlon FX-53 Reviews

Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:19:46 +0000

Looks like a NDA just expired! Three Sites emailed us with reviews of AMD's latest wopper, the FX-53. "AMD is setting their sights on taking the pole position again with the Athlon 64... Read more...