Showing posts with label Processors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Processors. Show all posts
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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