In any event, the CPU is a 200 MHz bumb over the previous fastest Athlon X2 processor, still at 90nm process technology, and that’s about it. Pricing has it about $240 (just about the $250 I said they would be limited to in my podcast last week).
Frequency: 3.2GHz
AMD ATHLON™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 6400+ SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufactured: Fab 30 and 36 / Dresden, Germany
Process Technology: 90-nanometer DSL SOI (silicon-on-insulator) technology
Packaging: Socket AM2 (940-pin organic micro PGA)
HyperTransport technology: Supports single HT link – up to 8.0 GB/sec per link bandwidth (full duplex)
Memory Controller: Shared integrated 128-bit wide memory controller (up to 12.8GB/sec bandwidth)
CPU to Memory Controller: 3.2GHz
Supported Memory Speeds: DDR2 memory up to and including PC2 6400 (DDR2-800) unbuffered
HyperTransport Links: 1
HyperTransport Spec: 2.0GHz (2x 1000MHz / DDR)
Total Processor bandwidth: Up to 20.8 GB/sec [8.0GB/sec HyperTransport + 12.8GB/sec dual-channel memory]
L1 Cache Sizes: 64K – L1 instruction + 64K – L1 data cache per-core (256KB total L1)
L2 Cache Sizes: 1MB L2 data cache per-core (2MB total dedicated L2 cache)
Approximate Transistor count: 243 million
Approximate Die Size: 219mm2
Nominal Voltage: 1.35-1.40V
Max Thermal Power: 125 W
Max Ambient Case Temp: 55o Celsius to 63o Celsius
Max Icc (processor current): 90.4 A
Min P-State (with C’n’Q): 1.0 GHz
o Nominal Voltage @ min P-state: 1.1V
o Max Thermal Power @ min P-state: 36.4 W
o Max Current @ min P-state: 28.2 A