Tuesday, May 3, 2011

II 980 BE Phenom X4, AMD Deneb architecture goes to 3.7GHz

Even if there is just launching the next generation of AMD CPU based on the new home of the bulldozer Sunnyvale decided to take advantage until the end of the current quad-core architecture (Deneb) and six-core (Thuban) to try to propose alternatives to Intel-based architecture Lynnfield and Sandy Bridge.

For almost a year AMD is updating on a regular Phenom family of processors and Phenom X4 II II X6 models faster, with a careful selection process and through the now-established 45-nm manufacturing technology. Debut of the CPU Phenom X4 II 980 BE, the fastest quad-core Proporta ever made by AMD, characterized by a clock frequency of 3.7 GHz BE symbol indicates that this is a Black Edition, that is, with the multiplier unlocked upward for easy overclocking.

Apart from the increase of 100MHz from the original Phenom X4 II BE 975 remaining specifications are unchanged: maximum TDP of 125 watts at 4000 MHz HyperTransport 3.0 bus and 8MB of total cache divided into 6MB of unified L3 cache and 512 KB of L2 cache per core.

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