AMD is once again a little life in the high-end sector of its own processor business. This does not happen with new releases in the true sense. Talking about the "known" AMD Phenom X4 965 Black Edition 3.4 GHz, the new is the sense that he now be in the C3-stepping with a TDP of 125 watts is delivered. But the processor, the more negative image stuck due to the very high TDP of 140 watts, and the processor was connected to a voltage of 1.4 volts, in fact, not just from the green side. It is a bit ironic that our new AMD Phenom X4 Black Edition 965 (C3) 33 already in the Calendar week of 2009 was made, was introduced in the first Phenom X4 965th However, just twelve weeks, which lie between the period of the launch of the first Phenom X4 965 to present the current C3 model, then had even the first C2-965 on the back. This was already in the 21th Calendar week, so in mid-May produced. The time it takes for the CPU reaches the mass market.
But what the C3-Stepping supposed to mean exactly? According to AMD, there is no direct benefit increases, rather, three significant things addressed. The first relates to the TDP, which was reduced from 140 to 125 watts. The second point has to do so indirectly: lowering the TDP was probably achieved solely by an adjustment of the voltage, but more on that later. According to AMD engineers with the C3-Stepping the C1E support for power management on the hardware side have implemented what it means for the customer that no drops in performance should occur when switching between the different States more power.
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