Last week, it was reported that the AMD hexacore processors, codenamed Thuban, were on the market in some places of dubious reputation. Prices were observed, and many knew the regular places would have the processors very soon.
This morning it is reported that multiple stores in the United States and Europe have the first two of the family, and soon the rest of the family will be available.
To our delight and likely AMD’s disapproval, multiple stores in Europe and the US have begun to ship the Thuban hexa-core processors, namely the Phenom II X6 1055T and X6 1090T Black Edition. Both manufactured on 45nm technology, the new six-core chips come in an AM3 package, have 3MB L2 and 6MB (shared) L3 cache, a TDP of 125W, an integrated dual channel DDR3 memory controller and support the Turbo CORE technology which enables automatic overclocking on up to three cores for extra performance in less threaded apps.
Clocked at 2.8 GHz, the Phenom II X6 1055T can be found priced at 199 Euro / $222.29, while the 3.2 GHz X6 1090T, which also has an unlocked multiplier, costs 310 Euro. AMD is expected to officially launch these chips this week.
Nothing from Newegg just yet, but I am sure they will have them in quantity soon.
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