News AMD Ships 90 Nanometer AMD64 Products For Revenue

According to this press release, AMD have sent their first 90nm parts for revenue. It can't be long now before we see 90nm Athlon 64's in the marketplace.

SUNNYVALE, CA -- August 17, 2004 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today that it is achieving a smooth transition to 90 nanometer (nm) manufacturing and has shipped low-power 90nm Mobile AMD Athlon™ 64 processors for thin and light notebooks (previously codenamed “Oakville”) for revenue. Manufacturers are expected to launch systems based on the new 90nm Mobile AMD Athlon™ 64 processors in the coming months.

In addition to providing performance and power benefits to AMD64 products today, the transition keeps AMD on track with its plans to deliver 90nm dual-core products mid-next year and also provides operational benefits such as increased production capacities.

“We promised 90 nanometer revenue shipments in the third quarter, and today we’re delivering on that promise,” said Dirk Meyer, executive vice president of the Computation Products Group at AMD. “The added capacity resulting from our efficient transition to 90 nanometer manufacturing enables AMD to better serve the growing ranks of AMD64 customers.”

90nm AMD Athlon™ 64 processors for desktop systems are expected to ship later this quarter, followed by 90nm AMD Opteron™ processor shipments later this year. AMD will release further details of all products in conjunction with official product launches.

I'm certainly interested to see whether AMD will be plagued with the problems that Intel had when they made the switch to the 90nm manufacturing process with their Prescott core. Only time will tell.

 

I am too interested to see the outcome. I think Intel's main problem is that they were too hungry for big numbers. Obviously doing all it takes to stuff as much cache onto a chip is not a good idea
As we are seeing, intel have finally noticed its not the numbers that matter, its how efficient a processor is. If a cpu can complete the same caculation with less clock cycles, you can lower the clock speed, and heat

 

I think Die size is much more of a heat factor than clock cycles. I have 3.06G Xeons that run cooler than my 2.4G opterons or my 1.8G opterons all with the same work load.