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Just hours ago AMD announced the availability of three new AMD Phenom X3 triple-core processors that feature the latest B3 stepping. AMD first announced triple-core processors back in September 2007, but only just recently launched the AMD Phenom X3 8000 series last month. As the world's only triple-core x86 desktop processor, the Phenom X3 processors make for a very interesting product, but enthusiasts and consumers that follow processor launches had some concerns about the new triple-core processors. AMD states that the triple-core processors integrate three computational cores on a single die of silicon, but in reality it is a quad-core processor with one of the cores disabled. The initial batch of triple-core processors also suffered from the same TLB erratum that was found on the quad-cores since they made from the same B2 die steppings. When AMD announced the 50-series of quad-core processors they brought hope to AMD fans around the world as the TLB erratum was fixed thanks to a new and improved B3 stepping. AMD has finally brought the 'B3' stepping to the triple-cores and has announced three new AMD Phenom X3 triple-core processors that make up the new '50-series'. Without further ado here are the new AMD Phenom X3 processors and their price points.
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Mousey

Unless AMD Can win back all corners of the market by releasing a cpu with High clock speeds, serious overclocking potential, low power consumption and extremely low cost they aren't going to get anywhere.
I reckon they should start over with a new chipset, a new socket and a new CPU.

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Matth

At only a little below a full quad core, the price seems a little high for what is merely a way to shift 75% working quads. Mind you, the "disable a bit" strategy is also a tired old one for AMD, way back in socket A days, they were cache disabling (partially) to make lower end chips.

With Intel now taking the price battle to them, I would be surprised if they were crippling 100% good chips.

Maybe AMD DO need to find something as big as the Netburst to Core 2 shift that Intel did, since at the time AMD were winning, it was because Netburst was a flop, sacrificing much for clock speed scaling that hit the heat dissipation wall.

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