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Archived news: January 2008 - March 2008


Mar 31
	Socket AM2 page was added to the Sockets section of the site.

Mar 30
	sSpec Chart tool now can filter S-Spec numbers by processor core name, the number of cores, and microprocessor features such as EM64T, Virtualization, etc.

Mar 29
	National Semiconductor Geode SC1200 family was added to the site:		National Semiconductor Geode SC1200UFH-266
		National Semiconductor Geode SC1200UCL-266 National Semiconductor Geode SC1200UFH-266

Mar 27
	7 new AMD Phenom processors, that were released today, were added to AMD Phenom X3 and Phenom X4 pages. I also created CPU charts for all of them and added the CPUs to combined CPU chart.

Mar 26
	I posted data on Luke-Lite CoreFusion microprocessor family. Luke-Lite family in some way is similar to Luke CoreFusion family, except that it includes less feature-rich chipset. The CPU core in Luke and Luke-Lite microprocessors is the same.

Mar 25
	I added a small glossary of CPU-related terms. All pages included in the glossary were originally created as help pages for CPU and sSpec sections of the CPU-World site. The glossary has many terms missing, I will be slowly adding those over the course of the next few months.

Mar 24
	I added a page with information on Socket 754.

Mar 23
	I added a few pictures of K8 Sempron microprocessors and updated pages for many Sempron 64, Athlon 64 and other K8-based processors. all updated pages now include help information on HyperTransport technology, AMD64 technology and Enhanced Virus Protection.		AMD Sempron 64 3000+
		AMD Sempron 64 2600+ - SDA2600AIO2BA (SDA2600BABOX / SDA2600CVBOX) AMD Sempron 64 2600+ - SDA2600AIO2BX (SDA2600BXBOX) AMD Sempron 64 2800+ - SDA2800AIO3BA (SDA2800BABOX / SDA2800CVBOX) AMD Sempron 64 3000+ - SDA3000DIO2BI

Mar 21
	I added three new Xeon cores - Drake, Tanner and Cascades, and updated design of all Pentium II/Pentium III core pages. In my opinion, the updated page design slightly improves navigation and provides more details on previous, next and related core generations.

Mar 17
	I added information on and pictures of VIA Mark CoreFusion CPUs:		VIA Mark CoreFusion 800MHz
		VIA Mark CoreFusion 533MHz VIA Mark CoreFusion 800MHz

Mar 16
	Information about AMD Geode LX processors was added to the site. Geode LX microprocessors are based on Geode GX2 and include many enhancements: larger level 1 cache, level 2 cache, faster memory controller and GeodeLink interface units, better graphics controller, security block and video input port. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of Geode LX CPUs processors because I don't have the processors in my collection.

Mar 12
	VIA Luke CoreFusion family was added to the site.		VIA Luke CoreFusion 1.0GHz
		VIA Luke CoreFusion 533MHz VIA Luke CoreFusion 1.0GHz

Mar 8
	National Semiconductor Geode GX2 CPU family was added to the site:		AMD Geode GX 500
		AMD Geode GX 466 AGXD466EEXD0BD AMD Geode GX 500 AGXD500EEXE0BC AMD Geode GX 533 AGXD533EEXF0BD

Mar 5
	S-Spec database now includes S-Spec numbers of Intel 80860 and 80960 microprocessors. These were added primarily for CPU collectors - I doubt anybody else would be interested in them...

Mar 2
	New processors and historical price charts were added to Turion 64 X2 family page. Historical charts were also added to Turion 64 page, and I posted data on Celeron 215 and 220 CPUs.

Feb 29
	I added a few pictures of mobile Pentium processors. Some pictures are not displayed on the CPU pages, to get to these pictures you will need to click on the "More pictures" link of the CPU pages.		Intel Mobile Pentium MMX 233
		Intel Mobile Pentium 100 - TT80502100 (PP100) (one marked PP100 and another marked TT80502100) Intel Mobile Pentium 133 - TT80502133 (PP133) Intel Mobile Pentium MMX 166 - TT80503166 (TT166) Intel Mobile Pentium MMX 233 - TT80503233 (TT233)

Feb 24
	Signetics 2650 architecture page was added to the site.

Feb 22
	Historical price charts for AMD Phenom, AMD Athlon 64 FX and all AMD Opteron processors were added to the K8 and K10 families - you can find the charts in "Related links" menu on CPU pages. Remaining price charts for AMD processor will be added by the end of next week. On related note, if anybody has official price lists, not necessary the latest ones, for Intel processors please contact me or send them to me directly (you can find my e-mail at contact us page).

Feb 21
	I added 9 pictures of Z80 microprocessors, including two CPUs made by ROHM and Kawasaki - these manufacturers are new for the Z80 CPU family page:		Mostek MKB3880P-84
		DDR U880D (FWE) Kawasaki KL5C8400C Mostek MKB3880P-84 NEC D70008A ROHM BU18400A-PS SGS-Thomson Z8400BB1 Toshiba TMPZ84C00P Toshiba TMPZ84C00AM-6 Toshiba TMPZ84C00AM-8

Feb 9
	I added a few pictures of Athlon XP-M processors:		AMD Mobile Athlon XP-M 1600+
		AMD Mobile Athlon XP-M 1600+ - AXMS1600FWS3B AMD Mobile Athlon XP-M 1600+ - AXMS1600GXS3C AMD Mobile Athlon XP-M 2000+ - AXMS2000GXS4C AMD Mobile Athlon XP-M 2200+ - AXMT2200GWS4C AMD Mobile Athlon XP-M 2400+ - AXMH2400FQQ4C

Feb 8
	Xeon 3100 and 3300 series microprocessors were added today. I believe those were the last processors missing from Xeon family. Both 3100 and 3300 series microprocessors are produced on 0.045 micron technology, packaged in 775-pin package, and can work only in single-processor systems. Xeon 3100 are dual-core processors and Xeon 3300 are quad-core processors. Both families are essentially re-branded Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad CPUs. Today I also added Celeron Dual Core CPU family. At this time this family includes only one CPU - Celeron E1200. Released just two weeks ago, these Celerons are not much different from Pentium Dual-Core family. Beside new brand name and smaller L2 cache there are no other important differences between Pentium and Celeron Dual-Core CPUs.

Feb 2
	Information about all recently posted Xeon processors was added to combined CPU chart. I also created separate charts for Xeon DP, Xeon MP, Xeon 3000, Xeon 5000 and Xeon 7000 CPUs. You can find links to these charts at the bottom of Microprocessor charts page.

Feb 1
	I added Core 2 Duo, Core Quad and Core 2 Duo mobile processors that were released in January. I also updated CPU charts and Intel processor numbers page with this data. Core 2 family page should be now up to date.

Jan 26
	I posted information on processors from Xeon 5300 and Xeon 5400 series: Xeon 5300 - quad-core processors for single- and dual-processor systems. These processor were built on 0.065 micron technology, and they feature large 8 MB level 2 cache. Xeon 5400 - released less than three months ago, these quad-core microprocessors are built on the latest Intel 45nm high-k metal gate silicon technology. Xeon 5400 processors feature larger L2 cache (12 MB) and SSE4.1 instruction set.

Jan 25
	Today I added a few more Xeon families to Intel Xeon family page: Xeon 5100 - first Xeon microprocessors based on Core micro-architecture. Many features of these processors can now be found in almost any Core 2 desktop CPU - shared L2 cache, Intel 64 technology (formerly EM64T), Virtualization technology and Execute disable bit. These processors could work only in single and dual-processor systems. Xeon 5200 - built on 0.045 micron technology, these CPUs have moderate power consumption while running at very high frequencies - up to 3.4 GHz. The size of level 2 cache on these processors was increased to 6 MB. Xeon 7300 - quad-core Xeon processors based on 0.065 micron technology. The 7300 have two die in the package - each die has two microprocessor cores. Like all Xeons from 7000 series, these processors are not limited to dual-processing, and can work in 4 or more processor systems. Xeon 7200 - dual-core 0.065 micron Xeons. These are similar to 7300 CPUs, they even have two die in the processor package, except that each die has only one CPU core. This is very different from all other dual-core Core 2 processors - those usually have one die with two microprocessor cores.

Jan 19
	Today and earlier this week I added many new S-Spec numbers, including specification numbers of Core 2 processors that were released earlier this month, small number of S-Spec numbers of engineering samples, and majority of submitted S-Spec numbers.

Jan 15
	I uploaded a few pictures of Xeon CPUs. Most of them are engineering or qualifications samples, including two processors, Xeon 1.3 GHz and Xeon MP 2.8 GHz with 4 MB L3 cache, that never went into production:		Intel Xeon MP 2.8 GHz
		Intel Xeon 1.3 GHz - 80528KC013G0K [ES] Intel Xeon MP 1.4 GHz - YF80528KC017512 (BX80528KL140GD) Intel Low voltage Xeon 2.4 GHz - RK80532EE056512 [ES] Intel Xeon 2 GHz - RN80532KC041512 (BX80532KC2000D / BX80532KC2000DU) [ES] Intel Xeon MP 2 GHz - RN80532KC0411M (BX80532KC2000E) [ES] Intel Xeon MP 2.8 GHz - RN80532KC0724M [ES] Intel Xeon MP 7030 - NE80560KG0722MH (BX80560KG2800F) [ES]

Jan 9
	Today I added the following Xeon microprocessors based on Core micro-architecture: Low voltage and ultra-low voltage Xeon processors with Sossaman core. These are essentially Core Duo microprocessors that can work in dual-processor systems. Like Core Duo CPUs, these processors are packaged in 478-pin micro FC-PGA package, but the pinout of this package is different from Core Duo/Core Solo CPUs. Dual-core Xeon 3000 series processors. These CPUs are similar to desktop microprocessors with Conroe core, and they only work in uniprocessor systems. Xeons 3000 are manufactured in 775-pin Flip-Chip LGA package and work in socket 775 motherboards. Quad-core Xeon 3200 series processors. These CPUs are similar to Quad-Core desktop processor with Kentsfield core. They also work in socket 775 motherboards.

Jan 6
	New design of S-Spec pages is now online. Look and feel of the pages now closely matches look and feel of CPU information pages, that is the pages show the most important parameters in bold, include links to glossary, and provide a way to search for related S-Spec numbers. Search/Filtering form on the main and all family s-spec pages is now linked to the S-Spec chart.

Jan 5
	For very long time our S-spec pages had very basic search and filtering capabilities - it was only possible to filter by CPU frequency, bus speed, L2 cache size and package. Today I added S-Spec Chart which provides much better data filtering, displays more data and includes data sorting. The S-Spec chart works very similar to CPU chart, i.e. you can select which columns you want to display and can choose up to three different conditions per column. I had a preliminary version of this tool running on my development computer for last two months, and even that preliminary version proved very useful to me. I was able to find and fix some errors in S-Spec database, also the tool reduced research time for new Intel CPU families that I posted on the site. Hopefully this tool will be useful for everybody else.

Jan 4
	More information on Intel Xeon CPUs was added today. Now the Xeon page includes all NetBurst-based Xeon DP and Xeon MP microprocessors.

Jan 3
	I posted pictures of a few Celeron D microprocessors:		Intel Celeron D 320
		Intel Celeron D 320 - RK80546RE056256 / NE80546RE056256 (BX80546RE2400C) Intel Celeron D 325 - RK80546RE061256 / NE80546RE061256 (BX80546RE2533C) Intel Celeron D 330 - RK80546RE067256 / NE80546RE067256 (BX80546RE2667C)

Jan 1
	I updated Intel Xeon page with information on 0.13 micron and 0.09 micron Xeon processors. This update covers the following cores: Prestonia - 0.13 micron NetBurst-based processors with 400 MHz and 533 Mhz Front-side Bus. These CPUs have 512 KB level 2 cache, support SSE/SSE2 instructions and incorporate HyperThreading technology. Gallatin - this core is similar to Prestonia core, except that the Gallatin core adds 1 or 2 MB level 3 cache. Nocona - this 0.09 micron core features 64-bit technology, SSE3 instruction set, 800 MHz FSB and twice larger level 2 cache. Nocona CPUs don't have level 3 cache. Irwindale - enhanced version of Nocona core with 2 MB level 2 cache. This core also includes execute disable bit feature.

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