AMD might be preparing to release its mysterious Phenom II X8 series.
BIOS updates for mainboards made by Elitegroup Computer Systems and Jetway reveal that a release is fairly close.
According to Xbit, based on alleged specifications of the products, the new central processing units (CPUs) will be aimed at cheap and cheerful market.
The chips are eight-core designs, but they have lower clockspeeds than the eight-core AMD FX models. There are four models. The AMD Phenom II X8 2420: 2.40GHz, 95W, ZD242046W8K43, the Phenom II X8 3020: 3.00GHz, 125W, ZD302051W8K44, the Phenom II X8 2520: 2.50GHz, 95W, ZD252046W6443 and the Phenom II X8 2820: 2.80GHz, 95W, ZD282046W8K43.
There has been no official word from AMD about the Phenom II X8 series as of yet, and there is no other official information available on the models.
The word on the street is that the it could be based around eight of the older K10 "Stars" cores, which power the other Phenom II CPUs.
But there is also a possibility that they could be based on the Bulldozer design that powers the underwhelming AMD FX. If it does that then the Turbo Core would be disabled alongside the lower clockspeeds, in order to reach lower price points. If they do this it will be disappointing to say the least. The old Phenom II X6 six-cores beat the fastest FX eight-cores in a few benchmarks.
jetway is close to foxx & Hp. thin in controllers, Not strong choice.
seems AMD is dumping some stuff or making simpler OEM. probably some of worst mfgs in world want cheaper price. maybe, if public is lucky, amd 8 core unit will be module design & hold together some real crude, for how long?
drashek could be worse, some mains don't work at All....
Completely scrap Phenom and Phenom II along with the same. If anything stick with the name Athlon and/or just call these Phenom III's or something, but they should just stick with the FX name.
Anyhow worst case scenario stick with Bulldozer's original naming scheme period. For example, and I will use the 8000 series for this example:
AMD FX-8100, 8120, 8150, 8170, 8190 for Bulldozer.
AMD FX-8200, 8220, 8250, 8270, 8290 for Piledriver.
AMD FX-10100, 10220 etc. for 10-Core Piledriver.
AMD FX-12100, 12220 etc. for 12-Core Excavator.
Keep the naming scheme plain and simple. If you start messing with the names you'll end up getting negative feedback in regards to why do these Phenom II x8's perform like crap compared to Phenom II x4's and x6's…..