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AMD's six-core Thuban CPU to launch April 26?
Only a few days ago rumors surfaced that AMD's 890GX and 880G chipsets would debut on March 1 and April 26. Now, word has trickled from Sunnyvale that the company's six-core Thuban processor will be showcased at CeBIT 2010 (March 2 to 6) and corresponding with the aforesaid 880G launch, OCWorkbench claims Thuban will also be released on April 26. Previous speculation suggested Thuban would appear in May.
AMD has kept a tight lid on its new hexa-core processor, so next week's unveiling should be interesting. To recap what we've heard about the chip: it will land in three iterations branded Phenom II X6 1035T, 1055T, and 1075T, all of which are 45nm-based and compatible with AM2+ and AM3 sockets, so they should work with existing motherboards -- though, a BIOS update might be required.
Earlier this month, we also heard that Thuban will have some form of hardware-based dynamic speed boost technology called "C-state performance boost," which would act similarly to the Turbo Boost feature found in some Core i5 and i7 processors.
AMD has kept a tight lid on its new hexa-core processor, so next week's unveiling should be interesting. To recap what we've heard about the chip: it will land in three iterations branded Phenom II X6 1035T, 1055T, and 1075T, all of which are 45nm-based and compatible with AM2+ and AM3 sockets, so they should work with existing motherboards -- though, a BIOS update might be required.
Earlier this month, we also heard that Thuban will have some form of hardware-based dynamic speed boost technology called "C-state performance boost," which would act similarly to the Turbo Boost feature found in some Core i5 and i7 processors.
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User Comments (5)
Post a comment| Guest on February 27, 2010 8:19 AM | They sound hot and it's great being able to buy and place them on existing am2+ motherboards with a bios update ofcourse;-). I'll be buying one next year maybe for my M3A79-t deluxe motherboard(when there will be updated versions i geuss) or in 2012 with an AM3 motherboard using 890fx+850sb chipset. Really looking forward to it :-D. |
| regenweald on February 27, 2010 9:29 AM | I'll wait for the second and third revisions, or an APU. Things are getting fun again 
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| drescherjm on February 28, 2010 10:16 PM | I do not expect to see any third revision. Next year there is planned a totally new design (with probably a new socket) to replace this. |
| unrealmp3 on February 28, 2010 11:11 PM | Time to save some money 
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| ToastOz on March 14, 2010 6:46 PM | It's funny how AMD are releasing there gfx cards and smashing up nvidea for range at the moment when there getting smashed by intel who are releasing a phenomenal amount of cpus that AMD have yet to answer for. |
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