Dual-core Phenom, Calisto is coming in June

Monday, May 18th, 2009

3.0GHz and 3.1GHz
Phenom II X2 550 will be the 3.1GHz dual core Phenom II. This is a harvested version of Deneb quad-core, that will have two cores disabled and we’ve learned that it should launch in June, and Computex might be a good time.
This dual-core can achieve very high performance as it [...]

AMDs 45nm Phenom II Chips Overclocked To 6+GHz

Monday, November 24th, 2008

AMD demoed its upcoming 45-nanometer “Deneb” desktop chips — now confirmed as Phenom II — for reviewers in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, and reports are in that AMD overclockers were able to achieve clock speeds north of 6 GHz on the second-generation quad-core devices.
AMDs Taylor said the Phenom II demos conducted Thursday were done on [...]

First Black Edition Phenom X3 CPUs from AMD

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

AMD is updating its CPU offering with new triple-core Phenoms designed for high-performance. The new CPUs will not be able to compete with Intel’s newly released high-end processors.
 
AMD plans to release its biggest-performance triple-core Phenom yet, with the introduction of the Phenom X3 88