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AMD launches 40nm GPUs for notebook

According to Digitimes, AMD has announced the launch of 40nm-based GPUs – the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860 and 4830 @ CeBIT 2009. These GPUs support the latest Microsoft DirectX 10.1 games, HD quality multimedia display, and energy-efficient features for long battery life.
The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860 supports GDDR5 memory technology with nearly twice [...]

AMD launches AM3 Phenom II CPUs

AMD launches AM3 Phenom II CPUs.

Processor name
Clock speed
L3 cache

Phenom II X4 925
2.8GHz
6MB

Phenom II X4 910
2.6GHz
6MB

Phenom II X4 810
2.6GHz
4MB

Phenom II X4 805
2.5GHz
4MB

Phenom II X3 710
2.6GHz
6MB

Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
2.8GHz
6MB

AMD AM3 Phenom II CPUs support DDR2 and DDR3 memory and aim to take on Intel’s Core 2 chips.
As you probably already know from the AM3 [...]

AMD ‘launch’ Shanghai quad-core Opteron processors

Intel Quad Core processors is coming soon – AMD ‘Shanghai’
According to The Register,
Today, x64 chip maker Advanced Micro Devices will launch its “Shanghai” quad-core Opteron processors for servers and workstations, concurrent with its annual financial analyst day meeting and ahead of schedule by AMD’s reckoning.
The new chip – which offers more computing power, less heat [...]

AMD introduces four new desktop processors

AMD has announced 4 new processors aimed at the desktop market. The new CPUs are based on existing architectures, but have apparently been streamlined for greater stability and longevity, improved productivity and energy savings.
These new processors are:

2.4-GHz Phenom X4 9750B Quad-Core
2.4-GHz Phenom X3 8750B Triple-Core
2.9-GHz Athlon X2 5600B Dual-Core
2.5-GHz Athlon X2 4850B Dual-Core

There was no [...]

Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooler

This is amazing! Have you think about what kind of CPU cooler could be?

What the hell is this? It’s a Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooler. Basically it’s applicable to Intel Core 2 series / Intel Celeron series processor, AMD Athlon 64 FX series / AMD 64 X2 series / AMD Sempron series processor.