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chowmanga   09-30-2009 at 08:21:12 AM

I was just browsing the CPUs at newegg and discovered this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103716

Athlon 5000+ with 45nm process! Could it be a very late revision? or maybe just a typo?

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That's correct: http://products.amd.com/en-us/Desk [...] e&f12=True
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Devastator_uk   09-30-2009 at 10:08:12 AM
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That's correct: http://products.amd.com/en-us/Desk [...] e&f12=True

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Herr_Koos   09-30-2009 at 10:38:59 AM

I going for typo. The Athlon II's are 45nm, but the X2 only went to 65.

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randomizer   09-30-2009 at 03:43:22 PM

Well it's cheaper to produce, not a bad move if you want to dump your old 90/65nm fab equipment.

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amdfangirl   09-30-2009 at 04:36:39 PM

It has to be a typo...

Athlon II > Athlon X2

Die size is so close together too...

Shrinking the Athlon X2 doesn't help, at all!

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jennyh   09-30-2009 at 07:17:11 PM

PsychoSaysDie wrote :

Would it oc any better?




It should do yes, by quite a bit, if true.


This whole thing seems very strange though, got no clue why AMD would shrink these and i think a few typo's are probably the most likely reason.

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warmon6   09-30-2009 at 07:22:00 PM

PsychoSaysDie wrote :

Someone buy it and test it out :)



Well i guess thats the quickest way to figure out if it's a typo or not. :lol:

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PsychoSaysDie   09-30-2009 at 07:23:33 PM

I just looked it up. Has the same stepping as the Regor's

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chowmanga   10-01-2009 at 09:09:23 AM

zipzoomflyhigh wrote :

Revisions dont include die shrinks.



Well, they generally don't. However for this particular model, AMD included die shrinks from 90nm windsor to 65nm brisbane in the revisions. Call it what you want, I'm still curious.

source: http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 793-2.html

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chowmanga   10-01-2009 at 09:14:51 AM

Also, yesterday there was no picture and today there is. That means, at least, the site editors at newegg know about the page. To me, the fact that the page is being updated validates it.

This is starting to look legit.

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loneninja   10-01-2009 at 10:14:20 AM

Interesting, I noticed that on newegg today and thought the 2.2Ghz was a typo, never even looked at the fact it was 45nm.

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