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Phenom 9x00 to be replaced

by on14 March 2008

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By the 9x50-series


All the new B3 revisions of AMD's K10 Agena core will end up branded as the Phenom 9x50. The 50 in the name will ensure that you are getting a TLB bug free CPU.

The Phenom 9550, for example, will work at the same 2.2GHz, but it will be based on the new B3 revision of the core. The Phenom 9650 will work at 2.3GHz and this means that the CPU is bug free, and the last one that we are aware of is the Phenom 9950 at 2.6GHz which might be the last of 65nm models to launch.

We expected this CPU at some point in Q2 2008, but it will probably arrive later. There might be a higher clocked Phenom FX 8x, but this is something that we can't confirm at press time.

AMD is changing its plans to follow the development on the market and to push whatever it can produce in its two German fabs.

Last modified on 14 March 2008
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