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eweek.com - 1/8/2009

AMD Phenom II Processors Set to Debut with New ‘Dragon` Gaming Platform

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Advanced Micro Devices is preparing to roll out a pair of new Phenom desktop processors for gamers and PC enthusiasts at the 2009 CES expo. The new Phenom II X4 processors are the first 45-nanometer chips AMD has offered for desktops. The Phenom II X4 processors are also the first AMD desktop ...

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amd.com - 1/6/2009

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— amd.com — AMD Delivers Groundbreaking Platform for Ultrathin Notebooks —The AMD Platform for Ultrathin Notebooks Delivers Balanced PC Performance... with True HD Entertainment 1 in a Surprisingly Affordable, Amazingly Thin Notebook— LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- January 6, ... (more) News Room Home

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gigaom.com - 1/6/2009

Netbooks and the Death of x86 Computing [GigaOM]

— gigaom.com — Freescale said Monday it would offer an ARM-based chip that could lead to a $200 Linux-based netbook... , offering about twice the amount of usage on a single battery charge as Intel’s Atom processor allows. Freescale’s efforts are nothing ... (more) Netbooks and the Death of x86 Computing [GigaOM]

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hothardware.com - 1/8/2009

Enter The Dragon: AMD Phenom II X4 940

— hothardware.com — AMD has been fighting an uphill battle on two fronts for the last few years. For a... time, fierce competition from NVIDIA, coupled with some of their own problems executing, put the ATI graphics division in a deep hole. And ever since the introduction ... (more) Enter The Dragon: AMD Phenom II X4 940

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AMD Phenom II X4 quad-core CPU is AMD's first 3.0 GHz desktop processor
Obsessable News Feed — AMD is releasing its first quad-core 45-nanometer chips for desktops today, the Phenom II X4, mirroring the Opteron server chips we heard about back in November. The new chips premiering at the 2009 CES also mark the first time an AMD chip aimed at the desktop market is clocked at 3.0 GHz — the X4 940 CPU — with a cheaper 920 version available at 2.8 GHz. The chips are unlocked, so it should be possible for the adventurous overclocker to push those clock speeds up even higher. Alongside graphics chips from its subsidiary ATI, AMD is ...