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Advanced Micro Devices Set to Extend AMD64 Instructions.
AMD64 Instructions to Be Extended in 2007, Quad-Core Chips to Be Introduced
Category: CPU
by Anton Shilov
[ 11/22/2005 | 04:15 PM ]
Advanced Micro Devices has placed technology roadmaps that describe the company’s future plans and directions on its web-site recently. Among the main things scheduled to be introduced in the next couple of years the company lists processors with four cores in 2007 and extensions to AMD64 instructions.
AMD already planned to start sampling of its quad-core microprocessors in 2007 with volume production scheduled for later date, however, recently decided to speed-up the roadmap and introduce such chips commercially in two years from now. It is unclear which manufacturing technology is to be used to make quad-core chips, but it is highly-likely that it would be 65nm fabrication process.
The multi-core server processors expected to be introduced in 2007 will also support shared level-three cache, a type of memory that operates faster than system memory, but slower than level-two cache, which has not been used on AMD processors since 1999 and AMD K6-III chip. Additionally, server processors from AMD are to gain FB-DIMM support also in 2007, a year after the whole lineup of the company’s chips transits to DDR2 memory.
Also in 2007 the Sunnyvale, California-based company plans to introduce AMD64 instruction extensions which are likely to provide higher performance and continue evolution of the x86 architecture in general. Currently AMD is tight-lipped over the planned enhancements.
Finally, AMD’s processors are also expected to get HyperTransport 3.0 bus, which is believed to be faster version of the currently users HyperTransport 2.0 interconnection.
Among the short-term plans of AMD sources familiar with the company’s name dual-channel DDR2 memory support, virtualization and security capabilities in addition to advanced thermal management and advanced power management features. Chips with such functionality are expected to emerge in 2006.
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AMD to Intro Brand for Multimedia Computers – Company.
AMD to Follow Intel’s Viiv, Debut Its Own Brand
Category: Multimedia
by Anton Shilov
[ 11/22/2005 | 02:54 PM ]
Advanced Micro Devices is set to introduce a special brand-name for entertainment-oriented personal computers (PCs) running certain chips from the company as well as certain chipsets from the manufacturer’s partners among core-logic designers. A separate brand-name for computers developed for digital media is likely to compete against Intel’s already well-known Viiv-branded PCs.
Henri Richard, head of sales and marketing, told the annual analysts’ day at AMD's Silicon Valley headquarters that it would also come up with a new brand for its digital media platforms in 2006, but did not reveal the name, reported Financial Times news-paper.
Intel Corp., the world’s largest chipmaker, introduced lately its own brand-name for consumer-oriented computers, namely Intel Viiv. While the company has not disclosed hardware peculiarities of the new platform, it revealed a list of capabilities that a PC should support in order to carry the trademark. All PCs based on Intel Viiv technology will ship with a remote control, the Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition operating system and media software that lets consumers interact with their PC in the same way they operate a TV. Consumers should be enabled to watch a movie or play a game while also downloading the latest music, all from one integrated system using a remote control, according to Intel.
Intel Viiv technology also includes an integrated media server “engine” that can reformat various digital content files so they can be viewed on a selection of devices verified by Intel to work with Intel Viiv technology-based systems. Additionally, Intel said it had worked with the PC, CE and content industries to set interoperability specifications so that consumers can easily move a variety of online media from room to room and between various devices in the home network.
Advanced Micro Devices recently also followed Intel Corp.’s initiative to offer business customers so-called stable platforms, specially designed sets of hardware that are not changed over time.
It is unclear what exactly AMD plans to offer to its customers under the trade-mark oriented at customers. Currently the company calls its AMD Turion 64 processor as AMD Turion 64 mobile technology, akin Intel’s Centrino mobile technology, but in contrast to Centrino that packs microprocessor, a specially designed core-logic and wireless network controller, the Turion 64 is just a chip that can be combined with virtually any supporting core-logic and system components.
Intel Viiv technology-based entertainment PCs are expected to be available from a number of system manufacturers worldwide in the first quarter of 2006 and will come in various shapes and sizes to fit different styles and sizes of homes. Timelines and product peculiarities of competing technology of AMD are unclear.
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