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AMD's Next Generation Processor Technology

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the chugging-the-numbers dept.

Esekla writes "AMD has released info about their upcoming processor technology. The press release claims that they're producing circuits that run 30% faster than any other published benchmarks using "Fully Depleted" Silicon-on-Insulator and AMD's metal gating technology and actually has a good bit of technical detail for a press release."

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  1. Excellent... by ceswiedler · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    If nothing else, this should pump up my AMD stock.

    Does anyone know if this is press-release hype or a real breakthrough? I'm not a semiconductor expert. But my suspicion is, real breakthroughs generally don't get announced in marketing press-releases on Yahoo Finance.

  2. Re:for heat, go retro by Lord_Slepnir · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I still want to make a CD-Bake oven. You get pre-made cookie dough, put it in something that resembles a CDROM drive, and after 10 minutes of Quaking, *ping*, cookie.

  3. OMG! by borgdows · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Tonight on irc.slashnet.org in #Forum Hemos, Cmdr Taco will be hanging out answering users' questions.

    CmdrTaco has hemoroids?!