X2 5000+ And Fx-62 Spice-up M2 Launch~~~~ |
|
|||||||||
X2 5000+ And Fx-62 Spice-up M2 Launch~~~~ |
18 Jan 2011, 04:28 AM
Post
#1
|
|
Newbie Group: Banned Posts: 4 Joined: 18-January 11 Member No.: 74552 Gender: |
X2 5000+ And Fx-62 Spice-up M2 Launch~~~~
The guys over at TG Daily found out that, while Intel is busy bringing its next processor generation, based on the Merom core, up to speed, AMD is adding the final touches to its DDR2-based Socket M2 Athlon 64 platform by preparing 12 M2 processors for the Q2 launch, spanning the Athlon 64, X2, FX and Sempron series of CPUs. Part of the launch will be an Athlon 64 X2 5000+ and an Athlon 64 FX-62 chip. All Socket M2 processors will be based on a common DDR2 memory controller that is validated for 333 MHz operation (DDR2-667), with only the cache size and clock speed differentiating the individual processors. There will be 2 x 1 MB or 2 x 512 KB L2 cache for the dual cores, 512 KB L2 cache for the single core Athlon 64 models and 256 KB for the Sempron series. While Intel's chipset specifications officially support 4 clock CAS latencies for DDR2-667 memory only, there is some headroom for AMD to optimize the memory interface for CAS 3. This circumstance could become significant, as the performance difference between the current Socket 939 processors and their upcoming Socket M2 counterparts will be rather small, according to sources. |
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 18th April 2024 - 12:58 PM |
Skin and Graphics by Dan Ellis and Anubis. Hosting by Forums & More © 2005-2011. |