X-bit labs reports that
AMD is working on a processor that would have three processing engines. The
company reportedly told its partners about the AMD Phenom X3 chip at a closed
meeting, explaining that the chipmaker plans to release such a product because
of 'market demand'.
The new triple-core microprocessors will feature its own
design and will not be quad-core chips with one core disabled, according to the
web-site. Nevertheless, the chips will still include 2MB of shared L3 cache and
will take advantage of other K10 micro-architecture features, such as SSE4A
instruction set, 128-bit floating point units (FPU) and so on. Obviously, the
chips will also have advanced power management capabilities.
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