AMD hits back at Intel with triple-core chip

AMD has unveiled two new Phenom X3 8000 chips, the world's only triple-core processors.

AMD's two triple-core Phenom processors, the X3 8400 (2.1GHz) and 8600 (2.4GHz) are aimed squarely at the gaming and digital media markets and support DirectX 10. The chips are based on a 65nm architecture, and contain 450 million transistors.

According to analyst firm Gartner, AMD's shipped 550,000 units in 2007, compared to Intel's 1.76 million. AMD's hold on mobile processors is even smaller — less than a tenth of Intel's — shipping 160,000 units next to Intel's 1.77 million last year.

AMD's Phenom quad-core chips have now been released to consumer and business desktops.

In addition to its triple-core chips, AMD also released five new quad-core chips as an update to its Phenom line. These include four high performance chips and an energy-efficient desktop processor, the Phenom X4 9100e, which operates at a maximum of 65 watts.

HP is currently offering AMD's X3 and X4 quad-core chips in its business PCs, and Dell is expected to follow suit. With the update to the AMD Phenom range, HP will now offer AMD's latest quad-core chips in its consumer desktops.

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Triple core = fail SPC_75 -- 28/03/08

Isn't a Triple Core Chip a Quad Core with a defective core that was disabled so they could still sell the chip?

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Re: Triple core = fail JAB_au -- 29/03/08 (in reply to #320098787)

Sounds about right to me. They aren't getting the yield on the Quad Cores that they want, so lets market the ones that have 3 working cores as X3

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Re: Triple core = fail SPC_75 -- 21/04/08 (in reply to #320098860)

So, "The world's only triple-core processors" is not really anything to brag about. It's like saying, "here is a car with 4 wheels, wait, one failed... 'look, a brand new 3 wheeled car' "

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Triple Core Anonymous -- 24/08/08

Ever noticed how computers work better in threes? (DDR 667, 6 cores being better than 4 or 8, etc)
3 cores follows the pattern and hence should be better than 4 cores anyway.

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Triple core Anonymous -- 13/09/08

i think you should compare intel duo core and amd triple core since price wise they re on the same base. this is probly the amd strategy with the triple core idea. and i think it beats intel core duo with performance and price.

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