Today AMD released to market its latest quad-core processor, the Pheonom II X4 980 Black Edition. The new, faster SKU was first reported to be taking shape back in March. Based on the 45 nm "Deneb" silicon and K10.5 architecture, the X4 980 BE is yet another speed-bump, clocked at 3.70 GHz (18.5 x 200 MHz), with room for some overclocking thanks to its unlocked BClk multiplier.
Tx86-64 cores with 512 KB caches each, and a shared 6 MB L3 cache. Despite its high clock speed, the processor maintains TDP of 125W. Its IMC supports dual-channel DDR3/DDR2 memory, and is backwards compatible with AM2+ socket apart from its native AM3 socket. HyperTransport 4 GT/s is its chipset interconnect.
AMD has slowly been upping the frequency of its Phenom II chips for a while now and with the Phenom II 980 Black Edition it has managed to spin the four cores at an impressive 3.7GHz. Technically AMD's top-of-the-line six-core Phenom II X6 1100T can run three cores at 3.7GHz through its turbo mode, but AMD has finally managed to run four cores at that base clock frequency.
The Phenom II 980 Black Edition will sit on top of AMD's high-end range, offering enthusiasts something to buy for less than £121 ($200) and with an unlocked multiplier, the promise of easy overclocking. Whether there is much headroom above 3.7GHz remains to be seen.
While AMD pushed the boundaries of its quad-core processor line-up it also released the Radeon E6760 embedded graphics chip that brings OpenCL support and the ability to output to six displays. The GPU chip is being pushed towards embedded designs rather than add-in graphics boards.
AMD's Radeon E6760 certainly looks the part considering its intended market. With 480 stream processors and a 128-bit memory bus connecting it to 1GB of GDDR5, there's a good deal of horsepower. There's support for Microsoft's DirectX 11, the aforementioned OpenCL GPGPU langauge, and HDMI 1.4 and Displayport 1.2 outputs.
AMD says that the Radeon E6760 can be paired with its Llano A-series accelerated processing units, claiming it will boost graphics performance.
The new processor is priced at US $195.
AMD has slowly been upping the frequency of its Phenom II chips for a while now and with the Phenom II 980 Black Edition it has managed to spin the four cores at an impressive 3.7GHz. Technically AMD's top-of-the-line six-core Phenom II X6 1100T can run three cores at 3.7GHz through its turbo mode, but AMD has finally managed to run four cores at that base clock frequency.
While AMD pushed the boundaries of its quad-core processor line-up it also released the Radeon E6760 embedded graphics chip that brings OpenCL support and the ability to output to six displays. The GPU chip is being pushed towards embedded designs rather than add-in graphics boards.
AMD's Radeon E6760 certainly looks the part considering its intended market. With 480 stream processors and a 128-bit memory bus connecting it to 1GB of GDDR5, there's a good deal of horsepower. There's support for Microsoft's DirectX 11, the aforementioned OpenCL GPGPU langauge, and HDMI 1.4 and Displayport 1.2 outputs.
AMD says that the Radeon E6760 can be paired with its Llano A-series accelerated processing units, claiming it will boost graphics performance.
The new processor is priced at US $195.
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