AMD offers first comsumer quad-core under $100->
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Vigile writes "In a continued revitalization of the Athlon brand, AMD has released a pair of new processors, known as the Athlon II X4s, that bring native quad-core processing to a completely new price point. The Propus core includes 2MB of L2 cache as well as 512KB of L1 in a die size around 169mm2 easily making it the most transistor-efficient quad-core available. Performance on the new parts is pretty impressive as well especially when you consider the Athlon II X4 620 will cost you $99! With clock speeds of 2.8 and 2.6 GHz, AMD's new offerings will often fall behind similarly priced Intel Core 2 dual-core CPUs in single threaded applications but when 4 cores can be utilized, the new Athlon's easily take the lead."
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