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AMD Announces Triple-Core Phenom Processors 334
MojoKid writes "AMD has officially announced their triple-core Phenom multi-core processor offering, suggesting a triple-threat of processors, from dual-cores to triple-cores and native quad-cores coming to market this year. While the term symmetric multi-processing (or SMP) suggests a balanced approach of multiple cores in an even number of engines working together on a single workload, AMD offers that an odd number of processors can slice at that workload just as efficiently. Time will tell how this architecture will scale amongst various multi-threaded applications and real-world usage models. AMD is definitely moving to make use of these quad-cores that don't quite make the cut by testing them fully as triple-cores and realizing some revenue, rather than throwing them away."
Business as usual (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Business as usual (Score:3, Insightful)
SMP? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Manufacturing Yield vs. Marketing Perception (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:2^n = 3, where n belongs to Z is not possible (Score:3, Insightful)
Amd owns the low-end. (Score:4, Insightful)
Also, you're absolutely right that we should hope AMD doesn't get gobbled up. The current Intel stuff, it seems to me, is a direct result of AMD dominating the price/performance ratios for so long, and even, recently, doing well with performance/watt. So even if you don't end up buying AMD, having them as a constant threat means Intel will be forced to compete.
Re:Business as usual (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Nothing new here. (Score:1, Insightful)
Cell is fantastic for scientific application but not that brilliant for gaming, as with Bluray, it's in the PS3 because Sony saw the PS3 as a vessel to bring the costs down of hardware they wish to push in other market areas. Unfortunately their arrogance got the better of them in not realising that they don't dominate the market no matter how bad they attempt to screw their customers.
Re:I wonder how many GHz these can crank out (Score:5, Insightful)
After all their stuff:
1) Actually works (and is reliable compared to other computer stuff - RAM, HDD, motherboards, etc)
2) Is cheap
3) Is available in sufficient quantities
4) Performs ok
Only prob is Intel is now significantly ahead of them in many areas.
That's what you get for being in a high tech commodity market where lots of buyers actually go by specs and price and not by covenience or brandname.
If AMD was number two in the orange juice, soda pop or cooking oil market with just 15% share they'd still be making money. And they could sell the same standard juice/soda/oil for years without investing billions in fabs and processes.
AMD has lots of smart people working for them.
It's better to be number 9 in good industry than number 2 in a crappy industry.
Kids, learn from this. That's why smart parents discourage you from trying to earn a living as a movie star or singer, the number #10000 star/singer in the world doesn't make as much as the number #10000 lawyer/doctor.
Re:Just a binned part? (Score:1, Insightful)