AMD Starts Shipping Triple-Core Phenom Processors

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According to this report, AMD has started shipping triple-core Phenom processors to PC makers. The company declined to comment on processor availability or an actual street date for the general public.

The triple-core processors are shipping in volume to PC makers only right now, AMD officials said. It declined further comment on chip availability and specifications. Many major vendors, including Dell and Hewlett-Packard, have hinted at including the Phenom triple-core processors in desktops.
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I have been measuring Phenoms for the past 3 weeks. If your looking for something "energy efficent" then look elsewhere. Those things suck power like crazy :) Seems to a good stable baby tough :)
 
AMD prices across the board are dropping on April 7, FYI.

If anyone cares, Toliman CPUs are based on B2 steppings.
 
Next week they will be selling single core Phenoms and a week after that a Phenom with no FPU.
 
Who knew marketing could make a processor.

You know they were targeting that huge market segment between dual core and quad core users.
 
These triple cores seem like a joke... I would imagine it's a quad core die with a missing chip to fill a market bracket?

Still waiting for low power options.
 
I guess I'm in the minority here, but I actually am waiting to upgrade till these guys hit newegg. My main rig has been down for a month now, but I'm gonna be patient and pick one of these triple core suckers up. I am hoping the price is right, and the overclockablity is there, if so I'm all over it. If a big pricedrop is coming april 7th, perhaps the triplecore cpu will end up being the new lowend part, and in that case it should kickass allover a celeron. We shall see, and you haters will swoop in and diss on it.
 
velusip said:
These triple cores seem like a joke... I would imagine it's a quad core die with a missing chip to fill a market bracket?

Still waiting for low power options.
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They are nothing more than failed quad-cores.
AMD obviously had very poor yields on the initial quad-cores. There has been some evidence pointing towards the 4th core being problematic, and holding back the clocks as well. I have seen on a few forums that using the AMD Overdrive Utility that many could overclock the BE Phenoms fairly well if they only o/c 3 cores.

The triple core will only be a viable product if the following continues to happen.
1. Poor yields on quad-cores.
2. No high-speed dual core Phenom to eventually phase out the dual core Athlons.

I am positive that IF AMD does a NATIVE 8-core and has poor yields also, they will most likely introduce a 6-core Phenom also. Although I see those as being marketed towards budget Opterons for workstations and servers rather than a desktop part.
 
7718 said:
I guess I'm in the minority here, but I actually am waiting to upgrade till these guys hit newegg.
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Triple core CPUs could be a good bargain. The Phenom 9500 is down as low as $170, and the 2.8GHz (65nm) X2 is under $120. There's a comfortable position around $130-$140 for tri-core CPUs.

If the Toliman CPUs are only available as tray processors, and sell for some bizarre premium as usual for a limited availability part, I don't know who would choose one over a 9500 if it's the same price.
 
CaptNumbNutz said:
I am positive that IF AMD does a NATIVE 8-core and has poor yields also, they will most likely introduce a 6-core Phenom also. Although I see those as being marketed towards budget Opterons for workstations and servers rather than a desktop part.
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I wouldn't nessasarily say that a 6-core introduction would be due to bad yields.
Intel is already planing a 6-core chip ("Dunnington") for servers. It wouldnt be surprising if AMD made a 6 core.
 
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