AMD announced Socket 939 correspondence with new Athlon 64 series
In computex Tipei AMD announced new Athlon 64 FX/Athlon 64 corresponding to the new CPU socket "Socket 939" with dual channel memory support.
AMD also announced the 3800+ and 3700+ Athlon processors that will compete Intel's Prescott-T and Alderwood/Grantsdale 64bit processors.
The following speculations have been made regarding the prices of the new AMD processors when released on the Japanese market:
Athlon 64 FX-53 Socket 939 1MB 2.4GHz 91,885 yen (684 euro) Athlon 64 3800+ Socket 939 512KB 2.2GHz 82,800 yen (617 euro) Athlon 64 3700+ Socket 754 1MB 2.4GHz 81,650 yen (615 euro) Athlon 64 3500+ Socket 939 512KB 2GHz 57,500 yen (428 euro)
Furthermore, the new Athlon 64 processors will supporting a function called EVP (Enhanced Virus Protection), enabling hardware defense against the attack of a computer virus. Thereby, it said that the home and pro users can receive a big merit, and Microsoft explained that Opteron/Athlon 64 virus protection function will be supported by ServicePack2 of Windows XP.
The following speculations have been made regarding the prices of the new AMD processors when released on the Japanese market:
Athlon 64 FX-53 Socket 939 1MB 2.4GHz 91,885 yen (684 euro) Athlon 64 3800+ Socket 939 512KB 2.2GHz 82,800 yen (617 euro) Athlon 64 3700+ Socket 754 1MB 2.4GHz 81,650 yen (615 euro) Athlon 64 3500+ Socket 939 512KB 2GHz 57,500 yen (428 euro)
Furthermore, the new Athlon 64 processors will supporting a function called EVP (Enhanced Virus Protection), enabling hardware defense against the attack of a computer virus. Thereby, it said that the home and pro users can receive a big merit, and Microsoft explained that Opteron/Athlon 64 virus protection function will be supported by ServicePack2 of Windows XP.
