AMD's Phenom II processor is designed to boost the company's presence in the desktop market. But how does it fare against Intel's latest Core i7 (Nehalem) chip? Intel has been manufacturing desktop ...

As was increasingly expected, AMD has officially updated its Phenom II processor line with two new, slightly faster CPUs. The unlocked 3.2 GHz Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition (about $245) supports ...

Phenom II 955 Black Edition is AMD's newest processor on the block. It is based around the same K10 architecture that all the other Phenom processors are based on. Using the 45nm wafer design, AMD is ...

AMD will update its dual core processor lineup very shortly, releasing a line of dual core parts based on its Phenom II quad core parts. When it does, Intel’s Core 2 Duo parts will face serious ...

The three new CPUs are the Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition, the eight-core X6 1065T processor, as well as the entry-level quad-core Phenom II X4 840. AMD says the Phenom X6 1065T is its fastest sub-100 ...

AMD's 45nm Phenom II (codenamed Deneb) has the dubious honor of being what may be the most immediately anticipated processor, ever. Even before AMD had finished shoveling its original Phenom out the ...

AMD is using the prominence of the Computex show in Taipei to unveil a slew of new, affordable desktop processors. A few of them are based on the existing core employed within their Phenom II ...

AMD has had a rocky start to its latest architectural update. K10 has had its major downs, suffering right from the start with the TLB bug in the B1 and B2 stepping cores. When they were first ...

So then my righteous guru's... I was just checking up on the initial Phenom II X4 releases and good gosh it was August 1st 2009 that AMD broke loose from the 1st generation Phenom mayhem. By releasing ...

AMD had to overcome a few hiccups in the initial Phenom launch and revisit its pricing to stay competitive with Intel in the Core 2 era, but AMD's back in the game with the new Phenom II processor. It ...

AMD is taking its second stab at a desktop platform--this time with a more promising processor as its foundation. The Phenom II X4, which AMD officially announced yesterday, is the final piece in its ...

To continue the tradition of offering an incredibly wide selection of value-driven parts, AMD last month added five new models to its line-up, consisting of three Athlon II’s and two Phenom II’s. Some ...