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Intel Core 2 Duo E6x50
CPUs were released on July 22nd. The E6x50s feature a
1333Mhz FSB speed and 4MB of L2 cache. The initial members of the series
will be as follows:
E6850 - 3.00 GHz, $266
E6750 - 2.66 GHz, $183
E6550 - 2.33 GHz, $163
Intel Core 2 Duo E6540 CPU was released on July 22nd. The E6540 is identical to the E6550, with a 2.33 GHz clock speed, 4MB L2 cache and a 1333Mhz FSB, but does not support Intel’s Trusted Execution Technology (TXT).
E6540 - 2.33 GHz, $163
Intel X38 (Bearlake-X) chipset for the Core architecture was released on July 22nd. Bearlake-X is the successor to Intel's 975X chipset at the high end of the market and is expected to feature PCI Express 2.0 (running at a 5Ghz rather than 2.5Ghz clock), 2xPCIe x16 ports, support for a 1333Mhz PSB and PC2-6400 (DDR2 800) and PC3-1333 (DDR3 1333) memory support. Bearlake X will also feature Intel's ICH9 southbridge.
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ATI Radeon X2900 65nm GPU is expected to be released around Mid August. The successor of the Radeon X2900 XT, the 65nm refresh version is expected to feature a lower TDP alongside improved texturing and AA performance and the inclusion of UVD.
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Intel Xeon 73xx (Tigerton) CPU is expected to be released on September 2nd on a 65nm process. Tigerton is expected to feature up to 2x4MB L2, and run on a 1066Mhz FSB. The initial members of the 73xx series are expected to be:
Xeon E7310 - 1.66 GHz, 2×2MB L2, 80 W - $856
Xeon E7320 - 2.13 GHz, 2×2MB L2, 80 W - $1177
Xeon E7330 - 2.4 GHz, 2×3MB L2, 80 W - $1391
Xeon E7340 - 2.4 GHz, 2×4MB L2, 80 W - $1980
Xeon X7350 - 2.93 GHz, 2×4MB L2, 120 W - $2301
Xeon LV L7345 - 1.86 GHz , 2×4MB L2, 50 W - $2301
AMD Opteron (Barcelona) Quad Core CPU is expected to be released on September 10th on a 65nm process. Barcelona is expected to be the first K10 based CPU, featuring 4 cores. Each core will feature 64KB - 32KB Instruction, 32KB Data - of L1 (down from 128KB in the K8 architecture), 512KB of L2 cache per core and - in it's Opteron form, 2MB of shared L3 cache. K8L will also feature AMD's DICE (Dynamic Independent Core Engagement) power saving technology which enables each core to alter it's own p-state (Power state) right down to putting a core in a full Halt condition and will introduce HyperTransport 3. Hypertransport 3 will introduce a number of improvements. Firstly, the HT speed will be increased to 2.6Ghz, which will allow for 5.2GT/s, compared with a maximum of 1.4Ghz in HT2 (1Ghz in the K8 architecture). Secondly HT3 will introduce 'Un Ganging', which will allow either one 16-bit link or two 8-bit links to be created on the fly. This will be particularly useful with multi-socket Opteron servers as it can allow for single memory hop access to memory which would previously have taken two hops. Additionally the K8L core will have an enhanced instruction set, Indirect branch prediction, 32-byte prefetch (compared with 16 in the K8 architecture), 48-bit addressing with 1GB pages, better cache coherency, I/O virtualisation, Memory mirroring, data poisoning and HT retry protocol support, and 2x128-bit SSE units (compared with 2x64-bit units in K8) featuring support for single cycle 128-bit instructions. Altair will interface to DDR2 memory, with the K8L core featuring support for FBD and, in a future memory controller revision, DDR3 and FBD2 support. The initial members of the family will be:
Opteron 2348 - 1.9Ghz, 95W, $320
Opteron 2350 - 2.0Ghz, 95W, $390
AMD Phenom FX (Agena-FX) is expected to be released in September, with general availability in Q4, and is built on a 65nm process. The Phenom X4 is a Quad Core Barcelona CPU running on a Socket AM2+ platform with HT3.0, 4x512MB L2 cache and 2MB L3 cache. The first member of the Phenom FX series of CPUs is as follows:
Phenom FX-80 - 2.2-2.4Ghz
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ is expected to be released in Q3. The 6400+ is expected to run at a clock speed of 3.2Ghz with an 89W TDP. The 6400+ is expected to retail at around $220-248.
AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 is expected to be released in Q3. The BE-2400 is expected to run at a clock speed of 2.3Ghz.
AMD Sempron (Sparta) is expected to be released in Q3. Sparta is the 65nm successor to Manila and is expected to feature 256KB or 512LB of L2 cache and offer a 45W TDP. The following members of the Sparta family are expected to be released upon introduction:
Sempron LE-1300 - 2.3Ghz, 512KB L2 cache
Sempron LE-1250 - 2.2Ghz, 512KB L2 cache
Sempron LE-1200 - 2.1Ghz, 512KB L2 cache
Sempron LE-1150 - 2.0Ghz, 256KB L2 cache
Sempron LE-1100 - 1.9Ghz, 256KB L2 cache
nVidia MCP72 single-processor chipset for the AMD HT-3 / AM2+ architecture is expected to be released in Q3 alongside Agena. MCP72 will feature support for HyperTransport 3.0 and PCIe 2.0, and will additionally feature six SATA 3.0Gbps and dual Gigabit Ethernet ports.
Intel Stealey mobile CPU is expected to be released in Mid 2007. Stealey is expected to be a single core budget CPU featuring 512KB of L2 cache.
Intel Bearlake G+ chipset for the Core architecture is expected to be released on Q3. Bearlake-G+ is the integrated graphics version of Bearlake X, featuring an integrated DirectX 10 GPU with HDCP support.
Intel P31 Express chipset for the Core architecture is expected to be released on Q3. P31 is the successor to the 945 and 946 chipsets, featuring support for a 1066Mhz FSB, DDR2-800 and the forthcoming Yorkfield and Wolfdale cores. P31 also features a PCIe x16 graphics slot. G31 is expected to be paired with Intel's older ICH7 series southbridges.
Intel G31 Express chipset for the Core architecture is expected to be released on Q3. G31 is the integrated graphics version of P31, featuring an integrated Intel GMA 3100 graphics core.
ATI RD790 chipset is expected to be released in Q3 alongside Altair and Antares. RD790 is expected to feature 2x16 or 4x8 PCI Express ports (PCI Express Generation 2) and support for Hypertransport 3. RD570 will be released alongside the SB700 south bridge, featuring 6xSATA300 ports, 12xUSB2 ports and 'flash support'.
ATI RX790 chipset is expected to be released in Q3. RX790 is a cut down version of RD570, featuring support for a single graphics card.
ATI RS790 chipset is expected to be released in Q3. RS790 is the Integrated Graphics version of RX790, featuring full DX10 support.
ATI RS740 chipset is expected to be released in Q3. RS740 is the DirectX 9 Integrated Graphics version of RS790.
nVidia GeForce 8900 (G81) is expected to be release in Q3. The featureset of this part is currently not known, although it is expected to feature higher clock speeds than it's predecessor the 8800 series.
Serial ATA 3 is expected to be introduced in Mid 2007, offering a data transfer twice as high as SATA 2, i.e. 600MB/s.
WinFS RTM is expected to occur in Q3.
