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Written by Fedja Drndarski
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Wednesday, 03 June 2009 |
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 AMD decided to surprise us this summer with new generation of dual core
CPU. Goal is, obviously, to take key positions in mainstream segment
and to pull the rug out from under Intel’s feet. One thing is for sure:
K10 cores are starting to dominate in every segment of AMD product
lineup. This is very good news for all users that own an AMD Socket AM2
motherboards because new CPUs present themselves as easy and cheap
upgrade solution compared to older Brisbane and Windsor models. It is
obvious that there is a lot of hidden potentials in new AMD 45nm
manufacturing process. As illustration of this statement we will tell
you that new dual core CPUs can be easily overclocked up to 4GHz while
stability won’t be jeopardized in any way.
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Written by Fedja Drndarski
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009 |
 Only few months after presentation of Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition and Dragon platform, AMD made its next move: transition to a new memory standard – DDR3. New standard, as it is in most cases, demands new socket. In this case pin configuration isn’t too much different from the one present on AM2+ socket, but there are differences because of which it is not possible to insert old AM2 CPU into new AM3 motherboard.
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Written by Vladimir Dimitrijevic
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Monday, 30 March 2009 |
 If you thought that nothing interesting is going to happen on Socket 775 scene after Core i7 was promoted, we can only tell you that you have made a wrong assumption. Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad CPUs are still very fast and, to be quite honest, enough for most today tasks. Intel decided to continue with optimizations of Core 2 Quad models and results are presented in form of model Q9400s that we got in our test lab.
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Written by Fedja Drndarski
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Monday, 16 March 2009 |
 Whenever is new generation of CPUs presented, either by Intel or by AMD, besides high-end models always are presented models for users that don’t demand top-performance levels. There are various ways to “slow down” existing high-end core. One of those is “partial amputation” of L2 or L3 cache memory, or “total amputation” of one or more cores. In most cases faulty segments of CPU are disabled although in some cases this isn’t the case. Sometimes manufacturer disables perfectly operational segments of CPU so demands for such CPUs can be met. This means that even if you bought triple-core CPU, it doesn’t imply that you got 75% of fully functional quad-core. Same goes for L3 cache.
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Written by Fedja Drndarski
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Monday, 09 February 2009 |
 AMD introduced support for DDR1 memory with first models of K8 CPUs in 2003 when that memory standard was on it rise to the peek. Those K8 cores nicely used all advantages of DDR1 memory standard including low access time. Result of integration of memory controller into CPU core and utilization of DDR1 memory standard was drastic performance increase compared to existing Athlon XP (K7) CPUs. Memory access time has dropped from 100ns to 40ns while improvement in memory bandwidth was utilization of 90-95% of theoretically achievable 100%.
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Written by Fedja Drndarski
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Monday, 12 January 2009 |
 In last few years it looked like AMD lost its bearings in CPU market. No one expected that company, that is in constant transition, financial problems and without complete product portfolio, can produce interesting, equivalent and concurrent product. Phenom CPUs with K10 micro architecture didn’t claim speed crown from Intel, but they were significant step forward compared to “worn out” K8 cores.
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