Procssor Wars: AMD Phenom
In the whole of the year 2006 and the beginning of 2007 AMD was in the lead in the processor wars but suddenly Intel takes the lead with its Core 2 Duo processor that were much more faster, efficient and attractive than the single core Athlon 64-bit by AMD. It was surely a no match even with the superior 64-bit technology mastered by AMD.
Unlike Intel AMD ahs built the whole series of Phenom 9000 on a true quad core architecture whereas as its major rival Intel only comes up with a hybrid engine of the 2 core 2 duos to make it four. Also as claimed by AMD there processors are true 64-bit processor that provides much more better results and visuals than an extended version of 32-bit technology.
As shown in the image (courtesy AMD) the Phenom is Hybrid of four parallel process with their respective L2 cache equals 512 MB whereas they all are merged into a single joint 2 MB L3 cache that literally provides unlimited memory for the processors to work as efficiently as they can. It is also equipped with the Hyper Transparent technology a proprietary of AMD that provides up to 8 GB of input/output from the processor to the memory.
Along with that the AMD Phenom provides with the whole package the CoolnQuiet technology that not only reduces noise but also adjust the reduction levels according to the current temperature and condition of the processor. It also preserves the energy by switching off the parts in the system that are not utilized by the processor at certain time termed as CoolCore.
Apart from all that AMD claims that their users can truly enjoy the 64-bit version of Windows Vista with the true 64-bit technology and a ground breaking unlimited memory that it provides. For more information regarding the Phenom do check out the following link. http://www.amd.com/us- en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_15331_15332,00.html
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