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AMD Preps Low-Cost Dual-Core Processors

@ 2006/06/29

Advanced Micro Devices once offered premium technologies at very affordable pricing, however, once times changed, it became more conservative and kept the finest parts for those, who can afford. But as Intel Corp. attacks with affordable dual-core chips, AMD has to react and this reaction could follow in the fourth quarter with the intro of AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+.

Comment from jmke @ 2006/07/02

I made a booboo :§

Comment from Kougar @ 2006/07/01

You can read the Dailytech article on it here: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3099

Basically, this is two Semprons joined at the hip, since this is 2x256kb L2 cache. It it designed to undercut Intel's low end $183 Conroe...

Quote:

HKEPC has also come across the 3600+, claiming it will ship in Q4'06 for a price of $139 to $159. Given that AMD is expected to announce major CPU price cuts near the end of July, the $139 price tag fits in with the rest of AMD's pricing. Intel's lowest-bin Conroe, the 1.86GHz Core 2 Duo processor, is expected to ship with a price of around $183. In contrast, the 3.0GHz Presler NetBurst processor is expected to hover around $133 at the same time HKEPC claims the X2 3600+ may ship.

Something to keep in mind is that while both the E6300 and X2 3600+ will have half the L2 cache, the Intel part will hold a big advantage... Either core of Conroe can utilize the entire 2mb of cache as needed, while the 3600+ is stuck using 256kb cache per core. So it is no better than two Semprons double-teamed...

Comment from FireTech @ 2006/06/30

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