Late 2007 saw the release of AMD's new native Quad-Core Opteron processors. Designed initially for servers and workstations and codenamed 'Barcelona', the early versions ran at clock frequencies of up to 2Ghz, with faster varieties to follow. In common with contemporary releases from … [Read more...]
AMD Socket AM2
In May 2006, AMD unveiled Socket AM2, the fourth generation of its Hammer architecture (which had made its market debut in 2003), and successor to the earlier Socket 754, 939 and 940 implementations. At the same time the company announced … [Read more...]
AMD Athlon 64 X2
AMD had been the first manufacturer to demonstrate a working dual-core processor design in the summer of 2004, so it came as something of a surprise when rival Intel brought the first dual-core processor to market in the spring of 2005. … [Read more...]
AMD Sempron
In the summer of 2004, AMD announced the availability of its Sempron processor range. Initially positioned as the successor to the successful Duron CPU and direct competitor to Intel's 90nm-based Celeron D processor, the Sempron range in … [Read more...]
AMD Athlon 64
Of the pair of desktop CPUs announced in the autumn of 2003, the Athlon 64 was aimed at the mass market while the top-of-the range, limited-availability Athlon 64 FX-51 model was specifically targeted at gamers and … [Read more...]
AMD Hammer
Perhaps emboldened by having attained technological leadership in the PC processor stakes with its seventh-generation Athlon chip, AMD announced its own vision of the path to 64-bit code and memory addressing support in October 1999 - and … [Read more...]
AMD HyperTransport
AMD's HyperTransport - originally named Lightning Data Transport (LDT) - is an internal chip-to-chip interconnect that provides much greater bandwidth for I/O, co-processing and multi-processing functions. HyperTransport supports … [Read more...]
AMD Barton
In February 2003, AMD introduced the first processor based on the new Athlon XP core, codenamed Barton. While this Athlon 3000+ chip had all the features of previous Athlon XP processors, the new core allowed it to boast a more efficient memory … [Read more...]
AMD Thoroughbred
In the summer of 2002 AMD began shipping its first desktop processor built using a 0.13-micron fabrication process. AMD expects the transition to the finer process technology - the Thoroughbred core is a minuscule 80mm2 compared to its … [Read more...]
AMD Morgan
AMD's Duron family of processors have succeeded in winning the company a significant share in the value PC market segment since its appearance in mid-2000. Whilst it may not of always been able to beat Celeron-based systems from rival Intel … [Read more...]