Quads and three-cores

AMD is preparing to launch many three and quad-cores based on new AM3 socket but they will all be based on Deneb / Heka architecture. AM3 finally brings overpriced DDR3 memory to Dragon platform, as DDR3 was exclusively Intel’s thing for almost two years.

Some of these new CPUs might have less L3 cache compared to Deneb core while Heka is nothing more than Deneb with one core disabled. Heka is triple core and, of course, both are based on 45nm.

The fastest AM3 CPU to launch will work at 2.8GHz for three-core and 2.6GHz for quad-core, while the faster AM3 at 3GHz and 3.1GHz CPUs will come in Q2 2009.