From Six-Core to Single Core: AMD's “Dragon” Year Complete Screening

The six-core Thuban Phenom II X4 1000T series, quad-core Deneb Phenom II X4 900 series, dual-core Calisto Phenom II X2 500 series, quad-core Propus Athlon II X4 600 series, three-core Rana Athlon II X3 400 series, dual-core Regor Athlon II The X2 200 series and the single-core Sargas Sempron 100 series... With such a huge product line, they will complete their historic mission in 2011.

According to the plan, AMD will stop accepting orders for all 45nm AM3 processors in the fourth quarter of this year, but shipments will continue until the second quarter of 2012 before it will eventually disappear. In fact, many models of the above series have been discontinued in the third quarter.

This also means that the end of an era, Phenom, Athlon, Sempron three major dragon brand will disappear, only the Llano APU shielded the graphics core continues to use the Athlon II brand to provide the cheapest four-core (Athlon II X4 631 ), there will be a dual core version (Athlon II X2 221) and even a single core (Sempron 198).

By next year, we will see basically the division of the FX series and A/C/E series. The bulldozers and Fusion APU will strive to hold up a new sky. Whether it is for manufacturers or consumers, this simple alphabet system is easier to identify and remember, and it can better highlight AMD's corporate brand.

The Athlon Athlon brand was born in August 1999 and has a long history. It has also become an absolute classic processor brand. It has made great strides for AMD on all fronts. However, when anyone is old, this dragon should also stop. Break.