Tuesday, November 3, 2009
AMD Tries to Dominate the Market by Lauching the Phenom II Processor
AMD (Advanced Micro Devies) which is currently ranked behind the world's largest chipmaker - Intel, releases its latest 45-nanometer Phenom II processor X4 940 which is usually the same speed or faster than Intel's Core 2 Quad.
Using the a 45-nm manufacturing process, it has a higher clock speeds and larger L3 cache of 6144. It works within a 125-watt thermal envelope and starts at 3.0 gigahertz. The Phenom X4 940 processor will cost $275 when purchased in 1,000 unit quantities, while the X4 920 costs $235. According to AMD, it's known that it works 20% faster than its previous version which was only able to hit 2.6 gigahertz. Other key features include a maximum temperature of 62'C, 128 KB L1 Cache Size, 512 KB L2 Cache Size, using a AM2+ Socket, and many more.
AMD cut its sales forecast on Dec. 4, saying it expected fourth-quarter revenue to decline about 25% from the $US1.59 billion it reported in the third quarter. According the latest report by its aggressive rival - Intel, it said that sales fell 23% in the fourth quarter last year and revenue dropped to $US8.2 billion from $US10.7 billion a year earlier.
"If Intel is having such a tough time, I am bracing from what we will see from its peers,'' said Hakim Kriout, a portfolio manager at Grigsby & Associates, a New York-based securities trading firm. "Intel's numbers are a bad augury for things to come."
AMD cut its sales forecast on Dec. 4, saying it expected fourth-quarter revenue to decline about 25% from the $US1.59 billion it reported in the third quarter. According the latest report by its aggressive rival - Intel, it said that sales fell 23% in the fourth quarter last year and revenue dropped to $US8.2 billion from $US10.7 billion a year earlier.
"If Intel is having such a tough time, I am bracing from what we will see from its peers,'' said Hakim Kriout, a portfolio manager at Grigsby & Associates, a New York-based securities trading firm. "Intel's numbers are a bad augury for things to come."
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