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AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core Chips Released

Posted by Zonk on from the oh-yeah? dept.

HaloPhreak writes "InformationWeek reports today that AMD has released the Athlon 64 X2 for the high end desktop. Intel and AMD have been competing to get these out as soon as possible, but I think it will be interesting to see what AMD will do with the mobile version of this processor, due out in 2006." From the article: "Both companies have been in a tight race to deliver the processors since engineers realized that simply ratcheting up the clock speed of single-core chips was creating too much heat and not producing the same improvements seen in previous models."

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  1. Re:DRM by hubang · · Score: 2, Funny

    If it doesn't, then AMD is supporting terrorism.

    -Potentially attributable to the RIAA/MPAA

  2. Re:DRM by Luscious868 · · Score: 3, Funny
    Does this have built-in trusted computing/DRM technology like the newest Intel chips?

    No .... However early adopters are required to turn over their first born sun or daughter to the RIAA / MPAA to be brainwashed and trained as an intellectual property lawyer.

  3. Re:DRM by FidelCatsro · · Score: 2, Funny

    All I can Say , Is if Anti DRM is Terrorism then Viva le reveloution(or is that la)

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    The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
  4. One major drawback! by TheCreeep · · Score: 3, Funny
    But the technology does have drawbacks. For one, it only benefits users who run several programs at once or have software specially designed to take advantage of the two engines.
    Wow, that's one serious drawback... I wonder who on earth runs several things, like xorg, fluxbox, firefox, xmms, gdesklets & compiling the kernel in the background,... al at once!!
    Oh well.. I'm sure they'll build multy-core processor support into the kernel.
  5. Re:DRM by FidelCatsro · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well i speak (some)Gaelic , English and German hee

    I think though if this lot gets classified as terrorism then i may perchance be on te firing line.
    Much apreciation for the corection :)

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    The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
  6. Re:DRM by CaymanIslandCarpedie · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn, giving birth to a sun must SUCK!

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    "reality has a well-known liberal bias" - Steven Colbert
  7. Re:DRM by GSloop · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think it burns, actually.

    Cheers,
    Greg

  8. Re:All around better by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

    "With it's lower power consuption than the Intel chips, and lower heat than expected from an AMD chip of this sort, it's definitely a reason to save up."

    Yeah, whatever. BRING ON THE 64-BIT!!!

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    "Derp de derp."
  9. Re:Athlon 64 X2 beats Pentium D in almost all test by Ph33r+th3+g(O)at · · Score: 2, Funny

    And don't forget that the "D" in Pentium-D stands for DRM.

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    I too have felt the cold finger of injustice.