Well the thing is, not a whole lot is actually new with the new CPU. AMD have gone with a three tiered cache level for their Phnom processors with the L3 being labelled "Smartcache", with K per core adding up to a total of 2MB L3 cache.
This would be hunky-dory, except for the fact that in very extreme circumstances , there is a bug called the L3 cache Translation Lookup Buffer TLB erratum which can cause a system crash.
Seeing as we didn't use the BIOS fix in this review and during use of the CPU and never once experienced the error I think your fairly safe not worrying about it AMD have also pumped up their HyperTransport bus to 2. Some pretty cool new virtualisation features have also been added, which we went through in our Barcelona Article. By all accounts it's a good thing too as rumours are circulating that Phenom's don't overclock too well.
For example, the memory controller can turn off the write logic when reading from memory, helping reduce system power.
Table of Contents. RSS Newsletter. Beginners Guides Cases and Access. Privacy policy and Terms of Use. Abstract: AMD's 3. External Mfg. Website: AMD. AMD Overdrive 3. Although the release of the AMD Phenom processor series took place back in November of last year, roughly four months ago now, the highly touted quad-core processor has received limited action so far in the computer world and a lot of negative press coverage for reasons we have documented well enough during all this time.
In our hands-on experience with the first wave of Phenoms, we didn't think the situation was as dire as many made it out to be. But regardless, it was a combination of a poor product launch with corporate financial trouble that raised the company to the spotlight.
In order to avoid confusion between the old and new stepping models, AMD has altered their naming scheme, which is a welcomed decision, this includes the Phenom X4 2.
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