AMD stops shipments of Phenom II and Athlon II CPUs

Posted on Monday, December 05 2011 @ 23:09 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Nordic Hardware claims that despite lackluster reviews, AMD's Bulldozer is selling so well that it sells out as soon as it comes into stock. Additionally, the site also heard that AMD is no longer shipping 45nm Phenom II and Athlon II processors, the only exception is the Phenom II X4 960T "Zosma".
AMD's Bulldozer architecture was not the success it had hoped, but despite that it it selling out as soon as it comes into stock, which also goes for Llano. It has now come to our attention that AMD has stopped shipping all Phenom II and Athlon II models at 45nm - but one.

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Despite Bulldozer being unable to live up to expectations AMD has decided to stop shipping all models of the Phenom II and Athlon II series at 45nm to distributors - with one exception. Phenom II X4 960T "Zosma" is still available, based on the Thuban core, but with two cores deactivated, and there is the possibility to unlock these with a bit of luck. This model will be around until stock runs out.


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