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AMD Demonstrates 3GHz Quad-Core Processors

Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

2007-07-27 12:18:02.0


Seeking to counter criticisms that the new “Barcelona” K10 Quad-core will be difficult to ramp up, DailyTech claims that AMD has demonstrated two 3Ghz Quad-core systems at the company’s recent gathering.

Here’s what they had to say:

“To kick off AMD's Analyst Day at the company's Sunnyvale, California headquarters, AMD demonstrated a system running on a quad-core desktop 3.0 GHz processor. The processor, codenamed Agena, will be the flagship AMD high-end offering.

The system used standard cooling, though company officials would not disclose how much power the system consumed. In addition to the unannounced processor, the system also included a three-way CrossFire configuration.”


Since they wouldn’t give the attendees full access to the systems, I suspect these were very highly tweaked processors. Nevertheless, it is reassuring to see that AMD will, in the future, be able to increase their processors clock speeds to competitive levels.

Click here to read the article.

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