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aku buka thread ni utk kita sume kongsi sume berita latest tentang dunia AMD..

dlm thread ni hanyalah utk news saja...

jika ade pertanyaan buka thread baru... pastu kita dibincang disana..

tujuan thread ni dibuka utk kite sume dapat kongsi sebab ade antara kite (cam aku gak)

yg tak dapat nak surf website mengenai hardware ni setiap hari.. ade juga antara kite kadang jumpe website yg best yg org lain pun tak tau... so disini leh la dibuat cam pusat utk kumpulkan news/article dari website2 terkemuka dunia...so dengan itu kite sume dapat kongsi kan...

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berita ni aku tau dah lama tapi aku nak taruk gak huhuh..

SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -- June 7, 2004 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that it will introduce a new brand of PC processors to be named AMD Sempron™. The AMD Sempron processor family is expected to redefine everyday computing for today’s value-conscious buyers of desktop and notebook PCs.

“AMD is changing the name of the game for everyday computing. We have responded to evolving customer needs with a compelling solution that delivers the performance needed for today’s applications,” said Marty Seyer, vice president and general manager, Microprocessor Business Unit, AMD. “The AMD Sempron brand is expected to carry on our tradition to always strive to provide our customers more value.”

More details about AMD’s new mobile and desktop processors will be forthcoming in the second half of 2004. Shipments of the AMD Sempron and Mobile AMD Sempron processors are scheduled to begin during the second half of 2004.

MD Athlon™ 64 processors will continue to be offered for outstanding 32-bit performance, capability for tomorrow’s 64-bit applications, and Enhanced Virus Protection in conjunction with the upcoming Windows® XP Service Pack 2. Likewise, AMD Athlon XP processors for desktop PCs and Mobile AMD Athlon XP-M processors will continue to be offered for those customers seeking advanced functionality and performance for mainstream home and office computing.

sources: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/Virtual...3~86164,00.html

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Well AMD has announced their first new chipset in a while. The 8132 is a new HyperTransport PCI-X 2.0 tunnel chipset. The 8130 has been what Apple has been using in their PowerMac G5 line. They won't tell you that though.

-AMD-8132 HyperTransport PCI-X® 2.0 tunnel is designed to deliver more robust performance for servers and workstations-

SUNNYVALE, CALIF.-JUNE 14, 2004-AMD (NYSE: AMD) today unveiled details of the latest addition to the AMD-8000 series of chipsets, the AMD-8132 HyperTransport PCI-X® 2.0 tunnel. This is the latest product in a growing line-up of supporting devices for AMD's Direct Connect Architecture.

sources: http://www.amdzone.com/modules.php?op=modl...article&sid=716

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Press Releases: Opteron Powers Formula One Team Sauber Petronas

SUNNYVALE, CA - June 17, 2004 - AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that Sauber Petronas will implement a server cluster based on the AMD Opteron™ processor with Direct Connect Architecture. The cluster is designed to deliver increased performance for the Swiss Formula One team as part of their aerodynamics research and development efforts. Sauber selected AMD Opteron processor-based solutions to help achieve greater progress particularly in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), a critical factor complementing Sauber's aerodynamics and wind tunnel testing.

When Sauber Petronas decided to upgrade their computing capabilities in order to push the limits of their computer-aided research and performance, they carefully evaluated the 32-bit and 64-bit solutions available. Sauber's technology team determined that only the AMD Opteron processor met their technical requirements, by delivering the best overall 32-bit performance combined with the power of 64-bit computing.

"It is clear that AMD is at the forefront in the area of 64-bit computing, and we believe AMD64 technology is the future in high-performance-computing," said Torbjörn Larsson, head of CFD at Sauber.

http://www.amdzone.com/modules.php?op=modl...article&sid=738

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AMD Inside Heard More Often

Intel also argues that Itanium has been more successful than its public image would suggest. The company shipped more than 100,000 of the processors in 2003, a respectable number for a new architecture in the high-end server market where total shipments are limited. In comparison, AMD shipped slightly more than 65,000 Opterons last year, according to statistics from Mercury Research.

AMD expects those numbers to grow significantly this year and next. The company shipped around 70,000 Opterons in the first quarter of this year, and volumes are expected to increase significantly as the year goes on, analyst McCarron says. It's only in the past couple of months that major computer makers, which account for 70% of all x86-based servers sold, began to offer Opteron systems in earnest to the open market.

Intel left an opening big enough to drive a truck through, and we put Opteron in it," says Barry Crume, director of AMD's server and workstation group. "We've taken a page out of their book. We did the exact thing that made Intel a success--paid attention to the existing software base."

AMD CEO Hector Ruiz, who became chairman in April, says the company is on a roll. "For perhaps the first time, we're actually seeing AMD focused long term, not on a skirmish or a battle in a particular quarter," he says. "There's a method to our madness in 64-bit computing, and we'll capitalize on the position we've created."

sources: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showA...21700149&pgno=1

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AMD may use Sempr0n to [biskut tawar] Intel's numbering nuts

AS YET UNSUBSTANTIATED rumours reach the INQ that AMD might have a go at Intel's numbering scheme with its up-and-coming cut down Sempron chips.

t could do this by simply numbering Semprons using a very similar set of numbers to Intel Celerons - which are expected to be 330, 345 and others in that line.

But the real question is not how the MarchitectureMavens at AMD and Intel decide to play this numbers game with each other.

No, the real question is whether you, a PC consumer, will be able to figure out whether an AMD 330 is better than an Intel 330 when you're faced with a shop selling one against the other.

sources: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16669

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AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 Shows on Horizon

Advanced Micro Devices may push the release of its high-end microprocessor for desktops produced using 90nm fabrication process into the second quarter of next year, X-bit labs has learnt from sources close to the company. But before the chipmaker unveils its new microprocessor design, there will be a yet another 130nm product targeting enthusiasts.

As reported, AMD plans to introduce its AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 chip in the Q4 2004. The chip will be clocked at 2.60GHz, but is still likely to be made using current 130nm Silicon-on-Insulator process technology. A more powerful processor geared towards hardcore enthusiasts – AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 – made using 90nm SOI fabrication process is expected to emerge in the Q2 2005. Previously high-end desktop parts were referred to as “code-named San Diego”.

By the time the AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 hits the market, the Sunnyvale, California-based chipmaker is likely to launch its Athlon 64 4000+ (Q4 2004), Athlon 64 4200+ (Q1 2005) and Athlon 64 4400+ (Q2 2005), sources said.

All the new AMD Athlon 64-series processors will be drop-in compatible with Socket 939 infrastructure that can supply up to 105W of power to central processing units.

sources: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/2...0618024759.html

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AMD Opteron bug can cause incorrect results

GERMAN SITE 3D Chips has spotted a bug report on the AMD site that could cause Opteron systems to hang or incorrect results to be produced.

The bug is related to REP MOVS instructions which could result in succeeding instructions being skipped or an incorrect address size or data size to be used

pteron users are being advised to contact their AMD reps for information on a BIOS update, while the firm also says it plans a fix.

sources: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16683

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Smaller ape beats breasts over AMD Opteron

CHIP FIRM AMD said in a press release that 30 supercomputers based on the Opteron processor appear in the www.top500.org.

To put this another way, it means that 470 don't use the Opteron microprocessor but AMD only introduced this chip last year, so it's got some justification in beating its breast like its bigger anthropoid CPU maker is wont to do.

Of the machines in the top 20, AMD claims three, and in a PressRelease the firm claimed systems based on the Opteron are top in categories like 4P servers, SAP 4P servers and MMB2 2P servers.

Machines on the AMD list include an Angstrom Micro system at Universitaet Wuppertal, an IBM/US Army New York machine, a Verari Veritas DGC system in Houston, and others.

AMD said an unnamed US financial services company and "four government entities" in the US are also using Opteron-IBM systems. In fact, Big Blue builds over half. µ

sources: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16698

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AMD fails to respond on Opteron bugs

THE FIRST THING we did yesterday morning was to call AMD to ask it about its Opteron bugs, which may cause loss of data, it appears.

But, despite giving AMD a whole day to reply, the smaller chip firm has not yet replied.

The bugs can, as far as we can tell from the AMD document we pointed to earlier, give misleading results or even cause machines to hang.

A German site noted the problem last Saturday. When we called AMD first thing yesterday morning, we asked whether it would be producing a bug fix as a matter of urgency, and also asked it to explain what exactly the problems are.

As AMD is pushing the Opteron family as a mission critical platform, we are frankly amazed it hasn't responded yet, having had 36 hours to do so.

What can we expect? Another press release about how the Opteron is in the top 500 computers in the world? Frankly, it's not quite good enough.

sources: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16720

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Epox dares to release high end Socket A board.

RDA6+ with Nvidia nForce2 Ultra400+Gigabit MCP chipsets

EPOX HAS BEEN WAITING for quite some time for Nvidia to finish its long promised Gigabit MCP chipset and finally that day has dawned.

It took Nvidia a record nine months to release this south bridge and I always remembered the words of a Via executive in October 2001 when he said: "it's hard to make a south bridge". It sure is sometimes but we don't have any slightest clue what happened and why Nvidia delayed for quite so long.

Gigabit LAN with Firewall support is one of the key features that this board will deliver and it should be faster then the one that many companies are using now. The board has five PCI slots and supports all Athlon XPs from 1500+ to the 3400+.

It supports three memory slots for DDR 400 memory and of course an AGP slot as there won't be an Athlon XP chipset with PCI Express. AMD just wants to slowly but surely kill Athlon XP series. You also get eight USB2.0 ports including two 1394a ports, 8CH Audio, support SPDIF Coaxial/Optical output, two S-ATA ports with up to 150MBs bandwidth, four S-ATA ports from Silicon Image Sil-3114 with up to 150MBs bandwidth with RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 support, EZ Boot, Magic Health, Power BIOS, Magic Flash, and listly and lastly, the "Magic Screen".

To be honest, many people still prefer these CPUs since they are very affordable and you can get very nice performance, avoid falling into the Celeron bearpit and get a CPU that is fast for all operations.

sources: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16723

Edited by cermin

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AMD confirms 90 nanometre process fine

CHIP FIRM AMD has once more re-iterated that it has no problem producing its top end microprocessors at 90 nanometres.

We reported when we were at AMD's Dresden fab earlier this year that the firm had little difficulty using existing tools to move to the smaller process

That's been amplified by specialist web site AMD Zone, which has an executive at AMD denying there's any difficulties with the 90 nano process.

The big problems will come when the chipsters start making 65 nano technology. Intel maintains that it's had nothing but teething problems with its own 90 nanometre process.

sources: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16732

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TwoTone writes in about what he is hearing about Athlon 64 systems in retail at Best Buy, and also about AMD incentives.

On one hand I am reading stories of HP's newest lineup being AMD heavy, and on the other I see ALL of the Athlon64 based desktops disapearing from our shelves. Not being sold, just discontinued. There can only be one answer. Intel has got to be exerting pressure on OEMs. I don't want to sound like a conspiricy theory nut, but there has been mounting interest in the Athlon64 and customers seem to like the technology when it is explained to them by a pro.{Like me. ohmy.gif)} It doesn't add up that some of the fastest selling machine are being discontinued. anyway, thats enough bitching for now, just thought I would give you an update. BTW, AMD finally rolled out their EPP(employee Purchase Program) and it is sweet. An Athlon64 3200+ and an ASUS K8V SE Deluxe Mobo for $179 after rebate(rebates suck, it has the Intel weenies laughing) also they are throwing in a Athlon64 t-shirt and a copy of Farcry. Makes the days of selling computers to the technology challenged worth it!

source : http://www.amdzone.com/

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Pathscale intros AMD-64 compiler suite upgrade

PATHSCALE and Streamline Computing said that they've cross certified each other for their EKO Compiler Suite and Distributed Debugging Tools.

Pathscale EKO 1.2 suite for Fortran 77-90-95 and C/C++, is a 64-bit compiler for Linux systems on AMD Opteron and Athlon 64s.

Pathscale will start selling version 1.2 from the end of this month through its resellers or from UK based Streamline Computing.

Neither firm had much to say about Intel's EM64T. In fact they had nothing to say at all about EM64T.

sources: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16764

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Hypertransport 2.0 to give 75% throughput boost

THE HYPERTRANSPORT Consortium said it has released three white papers comparing its technology with other IO specs, an overview of Hypertransport 2.0 and of the Direct Packet 1.1 spec.

Hypertransport 2.0 will, the organisation claims, increase performance to 22.4 Gigabytes/second aggregate throughput.

The Hypertransport Org will tomorrow provide an in-depth technical overview of version 2.0, which may give a 75% throughput increase. Hypertransport (HT) is of course nothing to do with Hyperthreading (HT), the latter being Intel's buzzword.

Yet, rumours reach the INQ that the AMD K9 processor might use a form of hyperthreading - we don't know how easy that will be for the chip company to implement.

sources: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16758

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AMD opens Tokyo notebook engineering lab

AMD HAS ANNOUNCED that it has opened up a notebook engineering lab, based in AMD Japan's Tokyo headquarters. The main contribution from the new lab is expected to be for AMD's mobile processor platform design activities, aiming to achieve a larger presence in thin and light notebook PCs. Low-power consumer electronics and communication devices will also be a high priority.

The lab will be managed by AMD Chief Platform Architecht Steve Polzin Snr, who will look over a team of lab engineers to support electrical, thermal and silicon design disciplines. The team will be working on the development of AMD Athlon 64 processors, as well as AMD Alchemy and AMD Geode products. AMD's Dresden and Austin silicon engineering teams will be closely involved, as will platform engineering teams in Austin and Taipei.

Fujitsu Systems Europe has created the world's first completely AMD Opteron based lab, which was founded in response to ever-growing demand for access to Opteron systems in Europe.

Naoya Tamura of Fujitsu Systems Europe says, "it is no surprise that enterprise users demand the power of the AMD Opteron processor."

sources: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16811

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AMD Provides Fix for AMD64 Processors’ Erratum

Advanced Micro Devices has released a fix for an erratum that might cause AMD Athlon 64 or AMD Opteron-based computers to hang. The new BIOS version is expected to be distributed among makers of mainboards and personal computers who will then notify their customers about the update.

The erratum that was recently discovered in AMD64 processors may lead to incorrect results in certain situations when a REP MOVS instruction is executed. An incorrect address size, data size or source operand segment may be used or a succeeding instruction may be skipped. This may occur only under certain conditions and may lead to production of incorrect results or system’s freeze, AMD said.

sources: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20040624154452.html

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The 64-bit squabble will heat up Monday, when Intel comes out with its first 32/64-bit chip for workstations and servers.

Nocona, the code name of a Xeon chip from Intel, can run both 32-bit software, the kind found on most PCs today, and 64-bit software such as complex databases. The chip is expected to debut at 3.6GHz and lower speeds and come with an 800MHz system bus, according to Kevin Krewell, editor in chief of the Microprocessor Report. Intel will also release complementary chipsets.

A variety of manufacturers are expected to come out with workstations incorporating the chip on Monday, with most releasing servers at a later date. Some smaller specialty manufacturers are expected to release servers next week.

Most current Intel and Advanced Micro Devices chips can run only 32-bit software, which means that they digest data in 32-bit chunks. One of the chief limitations of 32-bit chips is that they can work only with systems that have 4GB of memory or less. That's not a problem in desktops--high-end machines come with only 1GB of memory, anyway, and they likely won't have 4 gigs for a few years--but server makers have been complaining about the memory ceiling.

Last year, AMD released Opteron, the first 32/64-bit chip based on the popular x86 architecture. It has been adopted by IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems. Before Opteron, few large computer makers had ever incorporated AMD chips into their corporate machines.

Until it announced in February that Nocona would run both types of software, Intel downplayed the need for 32/64-bit chips and promoted its Itanium chip for the 64-bit market.

The 32/64-bit functionality in Nocona and Opteron is similar, but the chips have their differences. Opteron connects to the rest of the computer through HyperTransport links, while Nocona will rely on PCI Express. Nocona also runs at a higher speed, but Opteron gets more work done per clock cycle. Opteron comes with an integrated memory controller, which speeds up processing, while Nocona's controller comes on a separate chip.

Benchmarking sites will likely start scrutinizing the nuances of each chip Monday.

Although the 64-bitness of these chips gets the most coverage, the software choices are limited. Versions of Linux that can run in 64-bit mode are out, but Microsoft won't have its 32/64-bit version of Windows to manufacturers until December. Few 32-bit applications have been enhanced to run in 64-bit mode.

source : http://www.amdzone.com

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AMD Sempron to arrive on August 17th

WE HAVE SOME new information about the future life of socket 462 and the much-beloved Athlon XP. AMD already announced the funny named Sempr0n chips but was not specific what will happen with existing XP chips.

We received the info that the Athlon XP 2700+ and slower chips are going to be canned. Actually, the last order for 2700+ and slower could be placed until yesterday Sunday, June 27, 2004. If you want more of those chips you will have to find someone with some leftovers.

As for the Athlon XP 2800+, 3000+ and 3200+ you will be able to buy there in future until a yet undecided day when they will go the way of all chips as well. This won't happen anytime soon. AMD decided to leave FSB 333 to co-exist with FSB 400 CPUs and motherboards. Not all motherboards can work with FSB 400 as you might know.

From these decisions it's clear that AMD want to make some space for Sempron chips. Sempron should come in 2500+ 2600+ 2800+ and 3100+ variations.

This does not affect mobile chips.

source: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16876

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AMD: Move to 64 bit can accelerate applications by more than 50 percent

unnyvale (CA) - In a newswire release preceeding Intel's 32-/64-bit processor "Nocona" announcement later on Monday, AMD claims that 64-bit applications will significantly outpace their 32-bit counterparts.

he firm's statement so far is based on only two applications which were tested on the FX-53 processor running the beta version of the upcoming Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition. According to AMD, the measured performance increase was up to 57 percent for Panorama Factory, an application which creates panoirama pictures from single pictures, and about 47 percent for Crafty, high-performance chess program scheduled to compete in the World Computer Chess Championship this July.

"The AMD64 platform enables best-in-class performance, while allowing customers to seamlessly transition to powerful 64-bit applications as we move closer to the day when 32-bit-only systems will become obsolete," Marty Seyer, corporate vice president and general manager of AMD's Microprocessor Business Unit, was quoted in the release.

source: http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20040628_101410.html

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Cool-n-Quiet Athlon 64 Motherboards

Silent PC has done some summarizing of Cool and Quiet on Athlon 64 motherboards.

Cool 'n' Quiet is a feature in AMD Athlon 64 that reduces the working frequency and Vcore when the processor is not under heavy load in order to lower the heat dissipation. This feature has never appeared in desktop CPUs before, though it has been used in mobiles to save on battery power for a while under the name PowerNow! for AMD and SpeedStep for Intel. CnQ can drop power consumption to less than 50% in idle or low load conditions. When combined with an intelligent thermal fan control mechanism (either built into the motherboard or external to it), CnQ can be an quick and easy way to make a quiet, very powerful PC. It also reduces electricity consumption, a worthy cause in our age.

source : http://www.amdzone.com

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Titan TWC-A04 Water Cooler Kit Review

Overclocker Cafe has reviewed the Titan TWC-A04 water cooling kit. They test it out on an Athlon XP system.

The Titan TWC-A04 has many many strong points both with its innovation and its design. This starts with the kit effectively fitting any remotely modern Intel or AMD system out as well as most any NVidia or ATi VGA cards. The secondary radiator and included VGA cooler were also very nice bonuses making the TWC-A04 a good value. Installation and set up was straight forward and easy. I could go on like this for a while but I'll just point you to the pros we have listed below.

source : http://www.amdzone.com

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Athlon 64 3800+ Review

Lost Circuits has posted a review of the Athlon 64 3800+. This Socket 939 CPU can be picked up for $698.

There is not much in terms of conclusions that needs to be spelled out here, the AMD Athlon64 3800+ has swept most of the gaming benchmarks and is no slouch when it comes to other applications either. In most cases, the 3800+ was on par with the FX53 processor, however, the smaller cache shows in some of the applications. The question is once again whether it really matters or not.

source : http://www.amdzone.com

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