AMD Moves Up Release Date For K8L !!!

[|CR|Constantine]

Looks like it's becoming official, K8L "Altair" in 3rd Quater 07.

Source Digitimes: http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20061002PR207.html

AMD's quad-core desktop processor will be named Altair, and will be manufactured on a 65-nm node, with clock speeds between 2.7-2.9GHz, the sources indicated. Each core will have 512KB of L2 cache, and all cores will share a 2MB L3 cache, the sources added.

 

[(cf)Eclipse]

i still think it'll be Q2.

 

[firewolf]

This is 2.7-2.9 for the quad core right? Dual core should be higher than that...especially if it wants to compete with 45nm Core 2. Ghesher (I think) will be out a little after that too.

 

[drizzt81]

I consider "moving up" to bring in closer, but it appears that it was pushed back, since I recall 1H07 numbers being thrown around a while ago.

 

[Darknyt]

All I really care about is if this will drop into a current AM2 socket . . .

 

[DarkenReaper57]

Does anyone know how much the K8L's will cost?

 

[IanG]

I consider "moving up" to bring in closer, but it appears that it was pushed back, since I recall 1H07 numbers being thrown around a while ago.

1h07 was for dual cores, this is talking about quad cores. Kentsfield's going to have been out a very very long time by 3q07 though.

 

[zbuddah]

All I really care about is if this will drop into a current AM2 socket . . .

I hear its gonna be a new socket for quad cores, called AM2+

 

[Thin Man]

I hear its gonna be a new socket for quad cores, called AM2+

AM2+ will natively support K8L and HT3.0, but K8L will still work on AM2 but have "limited" bandwith. I'll see how big of a difference between the versions of HyperTransports make before making the jump to a new mobo. I would not mind just dropping a Quad-Core into my current setup and putting my 4800+ in a second PC.

 

[Sovereign]

Any chance at all of a suprise quad on 939? *hopes*

 

[Thunderclez]

Any chance at all of a suprise quad on 939? *hopes*

Unfortunetly, because the chip will likely have DDR2 controllers on them, I find it highly unlikely we will get a K8L on a 939.

 

[Farva]

Any chance at all of a suprise quad on 939? *hopes*

hope all you want, but from what i understand s939 is going out the door, even though i love my 4200 x2, i really dont think there will be expansion into quad core *sigh*

 

[visaris]

My money is on 2Q2007.

 

[drizzt81]

Any chance at all of a suprise quad on 939? *hopes*

the chance is about as close to zero as you can imagine.

 

[Chilly]

My money is on 2Q2007.

I would hope so, otherwsie intels gonna start gaining on them in the desktop share market (not talking about the enthutist level, where we change hardware like we chance clothes )