Although we reported about this all the way back in January, it seems that it has taken AMD three months to put it all together and the company is now announcing its new business platform. The letter "B" is key here, as AMD will have seven new processors with the B suffix.

The processors in question are the Phenom X4 9600B and X3 8600B, the Athlon 64 X2 5400B, X2 5200B, X2 5000B, X2 4450B, and finally the single core Athlon 1640B. The Phenoms have a TDP of 95W, with all but the last two Athlon 64 X2's at 65W, and the last two being low-power 45W models.

The Phenoms are both clocked at 2.3GHz and are based on the new B3-stepping. The Athlon 64 X2 models are clocked at 2.8, 2.7, 2.6 and 2.3GHz for the dual-core models, with the single-core being clocked at 2.7GHz.

AMD is offering a three-year warranty on these CPUs and a minimum of 24-months availability. On top of this AMD also has an 18-month upgrade guarantee if the system uses the 780V chipset, which means that if you purchase a system today with a motherboard based on this chipset, you will be able to buy a CPU in 18-months' time that will fit in this system and make it go faster than the CPU that came with it.

The new business platform also includes a validated motherboard program and AMD has added DASH 1.1 support for system management, which is a DTMF manageability standard. It's not as advanced as Intel's vPro, but it should come at a significantly lower price.

So far AMD has managed to get Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Fujutsu-Siemens to join its new business program, but you can also build your own system as long as you're using certified parts. This is great for smaller companies that are looking for a stable platform to build their systems on, as well as for smaller system integrators which will be able to compete with the big boys on fairly equal terms.

You can find out some more here and details on the "B" processors here