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AMD's next-gen processors
written by James - March 14, 2007 16:32

Some information has cropped up regarding AMD's next-gen processor, formerly known as K8L. These are the ones which should be competitive to Core 2's.

There appear to be four flavours in the line up:

Barcelona: socket AM2+, quad core, 2MB L3 shared, and Hypertransport 3.0.
Agena FX: socket 1207+, quad core, 2MB L3 shared, and Hypertransport 3.0.
Agena: socket AM2+, quad core, 2MB L3 shared, and Hypertransport 3.0.
Kuma: socket AM2+ package, dual core, 2MB L3 shared, and Hypertransport 3.0.

AMD's Next-gen Processors
Model
Core
Speed
TDP
Opteron 1270SE Barcelona 2.5GHz 120W
Opteron 1268SE Barcelona 2.3GHz 120W
Opteron 1266 Barcelona 2.1GHz 95W
       
Athlon 64 FX 2500 Agena FX 2.5GHz 120W
    
Athlon 64 X4 2500 Agena 2.5GHz 120W
Athlon 64 X4 2300 Agena 2.3GHz 120W
Athlon 64 X4 2100 Agena 2.1GHz 95W
Athlon 64 X4 1900 Agena 1.9GHz 95W
    
Athlon 64 X2 2900 Kuma 2.9GHz 89W
Athlon 64 X2 2700 Kuma 2.7GHz 89W
Athlon 64 X2 2500 Kuma 2.5GHz 89W
Athlon 64 X2 2300 Kuma 2.3GHz 65W
Athlon 64 X2 2100 Kuma 2.1GHz 65W
Athlon 64 X2 1900 Kuma 1.9GHz 65W
AMD's Next-gen Processors

The original source is from a german forum, and the inq post is here.

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