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The name K8L is used by the wider IT community as a convenient shorthand along with K10 and Stars, while according to AMD official documents, it is termed "AMD Next Generation Processor Technology". It was reported that the codename K8L actually referred to a low-power version of the K8 chip, later named Turion 64, and that K10 was the official internal codename for the microarchitecture.
In a video interview Giuseppe Amato confirmed that the internal codename is K10.
On April 13, 2006, Henri Richard, AMD executive vice president and chief officer for marketing and sales, acknowledgedthe existence of the new microarchitecture in an interview.
On July 21, 2006, AMD President and COO Dirk Meyer and Senior VP Marty Seyer confirmed that the launch date of new microprocessors of Revision H under the new microarchitecture is slated for mid-2007; and that it will contain a quad core version for servers, workstations, and high-end desktops, as well as a dual core version for consumer Desktops. Some of the Revision H Opterons shipped in 2007 will have a thermal design power of 68W.
On August 15, 2006, at the launch of the first Socket F (also known as Socket 1207) dual core Opterons, AMD announced that the firm has reached the final design stage (tape-out) of quad-core Opteron parts, codenamed Deerhound. The next stages are testing and validation, with sampling to follow after several months.
As of November 2006, reports leaked the up-coming desktop part codenames Agena, Agena FX, and the core speeds of the parts range from 2.4 GHz - 2.9 GHz respectively, 512 KiB L2 cache each core, 2 MiB L3 cache, using HyperTransport 3.0, with a TDP of 125 W. In recent reports, single core variants (codenamed Spica) and dual core with or without L3 cache (codenamed Kuma and Rana respectively) are available. variants under the same microarchitecture.
During the AMD Analyst Day 2006 on December 14, 2006, AMD announced their official timeline for server, desktop and mobile processors. For the servers segment, AMD will unveil two new processors based on the architecture codenamed "Barcelona" and "Budapest" or more than 1-way and 1-way servers. Desktops will see an overhaul of the entire processor lineup. Single-core Lima built in 65 nm for the single-core Athlon 64 will arrive in Q1 2007 while Sparta, the Sempron 65 nm update, will come in Q2 2007. For the second half of 2007, HyperTransport 3.0 and Socket AM2+ will be unveiled, which are designed for the specific implementation of the aforementioned consumer quad core desktop chip series, with naming convention changes from city-names (up to mid 2007) to stars/constellations (after mid 2007), such as Agena; in addition, the 4x4 platform and its immediate successor will support the high end enthusiast DP versions of the chip, such as Agena FX.[12] As with the Barcelona server chips, the new desktop quad core series will feature a shared L3 cache, 128-bit Floating point (FP) units and an enhanced microarchitecture. Agena, the native quad-core processor for the desktop, will become the Athlon 64 X4 and a special version called Agena FX will update the Athlon FX line for AMD Quad FX platform. Kuma, a dual-core variant will follow on in Q3 while Rana, the dual-core version with no shared L3 cache is expected at the end of the year .
Models at launch
ModelClock rateCodenameTDP
Athlon 64 X2 19001.9 GHzKuma65 WAthlon 64 X2 21002.1 GHzKuma65 WAthlon 64 X2 23002.3 GHzKuma65 WAthlon 64 X2 25002.5 GHzKuma89 WAthlon 64 X2 27002.7 GHzKuma89 WAthlon 64 X2 29002.9 GHzKuma89 WAthlon 64 X4 19001.9 GHzAgena95 WAthlon 64 X4 21002.1 GHzAgena95 WAthlon 64 X4 23002.3 GHzAgena120 WAthlon 64 X4 25002.5 GHzAgena120 WUnknown Athlon 64 FX2.5 GHzAgena FX120 WOpteron 12662.1 GHzBarcelona95 WOpteron 1268SE2.3 GHzBarcelona120 WOpteron 1270SE2.5 GHzBarcelona120 W |
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