“AMD’s much hyped “4X4″ system today brings dual socket Athlon 64 FX processors to the desktop allowing two dual-core AMD processors to be used. This in effect gives us a quad-core system and paves the way for a true octo-core desktop platform next year.”Here are some more Processor articles from around the web:
- AMD Quad FX Platform: More Isn’t Better @ ExtremeTech
- AMD Quad FX with FX-74 Processors @ Legit Reviews
- AMD QuadFX Platform & FX-70 Series Processors @ HotHardware
- Quad-Core from AMD: Quad FX Platform @ X-bit Labs
- Quad Father becomes an Octopussy @ The Inquirer
- Quad Core Processing: Over-simplified, demystified, and explained @ Short Media
- Intel expects 45-65nm crossover to be reached in 2008, Oregon fab to be first to produce 45nm Penryn @ DigiTimes
- Core 2 Duo vs Core 2 Quad – Extreme Head-to-head @ BCCHardware
- Marvell XScale PXA3xx Application Processors Tech Report @ TechARP
New 4×4 models for the new year
Stop by [H]ard|OCP for a look at AMD’s dual socket, dual core system. Each retail package comes with a pair of socket 1207 Opterons, and everyone is benchmarking them to find out if it can put some heat back onto Intel. You can see Ryan’s take at the top of our front page.
