AMD Phenom 9700 and 9900 Pushed Back to Q2 08
01.11.08 - 02:38pm
AMD just doesn’t get a break. I’ve got two sources saying that these highend Phenoms will indeed be delayed and it doesn’t surprise me one bit. This only compounds the troubles AMD has had with it’s B2 revision which was tainted with a bug that resulted in computation errors. The B3 revision which should now be back from the fabs is most likely the cause of this delay which is potentially good news. In theory these new processors will feature massaged silicon and hopefully they’ll scale much higher than the B2 chips, they do after all launch at 2.4Ghz and 2.6GHz. To save face though, AMD is claiming a shift in research towards energy efficient processors. If I see any positive results when the B3s hit I’ll make some noise but for now I wouldn’t touch Phenom unless it landed on my desk as the only thing green about them is the AMD logo on the box.
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