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 ...

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 ...

Since its introduction in January 2009 AMD have offered a large range of various Phenom II series processors. These have ranged from the original AM2+ DDR2 only quad core Phenom II X4 920 and 940 ...

As we've mentioned, AMD's Athlon II X2 250 processor is comprised of roughly 234 million transistors and is built using Global Foundries' advanced 45nm fabrication process... Save for the unique ...

In our review of the Phenom II X4 955 processor, we were able to reach 3.72GHz at 1.5V using the stock cooler. Additionally, we saw idle temps of 35'C and load temps around 70'C. This time around, we ...

Ever since the beginning of time, there have been competitors within the computer industry, and without them it would fall straight on its backside. That’s why we (review sites) encourage a bit of ...

Specifications for AMD's six-core desktop processors, codenamed 'Thuban', have seemingly been confirmed by Gigabyte a month before their expected release. The Taiwanese manufacturer temporarily ...

The Phenom II X2 sounds really good on paper, being the same processor as the Phenom II X4 955 with just two cores at less than half the price. Prior to the release of the Phenom II X2 550, $100 could ...

The story sounds familiar: Intel hits a new milestone in nanometer architecture, and AMD waits a while to follow up. It happened with 65nm processors, and it’s happening again now. Two days shy of a ...

AMD introduced the Phenom processor architecture in November 2007 with the release of chips with four internal processor cores, known as quad-core processors. These chips took the best of the ...