Originally posted by nightzip:
[b]By the end of 2006
By Theo Valich in China: Monday 15 May 2006, 21:11
INTEL MAY BE LAUNCHING a more efficient core in June, but AMD isn't
sitting on its laurels. If AMD can find, of course, its famous
laurels.
We hope that the first editions of Conroe aren't going to be
available as the Extreme Edition 955 or 965 - also known to
journalists as the Intel Press Editions, as a homage to X850XT
Press Edition - but AMD's 65nm process will turn a lot of
heads.
The voices from the Far East are claiming that by the end
of 2006, AMD will have 65 nanometre cores running at 3.0, 3.2 and
3.4 GHz, which are set to be clocked faster than any Intel product
at that time.
Conroe Extreme Edition is dead set for Q3 introduction and is
clocked at 3.33 GHz with 1.33 GHz bus, and AMD's roadmaps are
currently countering only with FX-64, which is a 3.0 GHz clocked
Socket AM2 processor.
Originally, it was planned that FX-64 would be the highest clocked
Athlon 64 CPU in 2006 (set for introduction in Q3), but the general
feeling is that FX could get either a new naming system or simply
go straight to FX-66 or even FX-68, clocked at either 3.2 or 3.4
GHz. As far as we are aware of, Opterons will definitely get the
3.2 and 3.4 GHz variants, and you do not have to be a math genius
to calculate will AMD ship some of those golden 65nm cores to the
FX production lane.
However, reality starts with a 2.8 GHz clocked FX-62, which is set
for its fab introduction next week. µ
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still not good enough...new generation should be either dual
core 4-6GHZ processor or thri-core 6-9GHZ..
Pentium T? 