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AMD Confirms Triple-Core processors
Triple-Core Phenoms expected in Q1 2008
September 17, 2007 - Today, AMD officially announced its upcoming Triple-Core processors, confirming earlier messages. The parts, actually being Quad-Core K10 dies, come with one of the four cores disabled.
Apart from a better production yield, this allows AMD to close the gap in the product portfolio between the mainstream Dual-Core processors and the expensive, high-end Quad-Core CPUs. We think there's a sweet spot between dual and quad,
Brent Barry, a product manager in the AMD's Desktop division, told ExtremeTech. Dual-Core has been serving the mainstream quite well. Quad is something really being picked up on the enthusiast side. But there's kind of this tech savvy media expert mainstream segment who we think needs the additional performance that Triple-Core can deliver over Dual-Core.
According to The Inquirer, the Triple-Cores are code named Toliman and Heka for the Socket AM2+ and Socket AM3 version, respectively.
Products
The Triple-Core Phenom processors are expected to be available in Q1 of next year, following the introduction of the Quad-Core Phenom CPUs later this quarter.
| Core | Name | Number of cores | Socket | Cache | Interfaces | Introduction date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agena | Phenom X4 | Quad-Core | Socket AM2+ | 512 kbyte L2 per core, 2 Mbyte shared L3 | DDR2, HT 3.0 | December 2007 |
| Deneb | Phenom X4 | Quad-Core | Socket AM2+/AM3 | shared L3 | DDR2/3, HT 3.0 | H2 2008 |
| Propus | Phenom X4 | Quad-Core | Socket AM2+ | no L3 | DDR2/3, HT 3.0 | H2 2008 |
| Toliman | "Phenom X3" | Triple-Core | Socket AM2+ | 512 kbyte L2 per core, 2 Mbyte shared L3 | DDR2, HT 3.0 | Q1 2008 |
| Heka | "Phenom X3" | Triple-Core | Socket AM3 | shared/no L3 | DDR2/3, HT 3.0 | H1 2009 |
| Rana | Athlon X2 | Dual-Core | Socket AM2+ | 512 kbyte L2 per core, no L3 | DDR2, HT 3.0 | December 2007 |
| Kuma | Phenom X2 | Dual-Core | Socket AM2+ | 512 kbyte L2 per core, 2 Mbyte shared L3 | DDR2, HT 3.0 | H1 2008 |
| Regor | Phenom X2 | Dual-Core | Socket AM3 | shared/no L3 | DDR2/3, HT 3.0 | H1 2009 |
| Agena FX | Phenom FX | Quad-Core | Socket AM2+ | 512 kbyte L2 per core, 2 Mbyte shared L3 | DDR2, HT 3.0 | December 2007 |
| Deneb FX | Phenom FX | Quad-Core | Socket AM2+/AM3 | shared L3 | DDR2/3, HT 3.0 | H2 2008 |
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