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AMD Athlon™ 64 FX Processor and AMD Quad FX Platform Product Brief
The AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture powered by AMD Athlon 64 FX processors is the world’s ultimate PC platform for megatasking enthusiasts
AMD Athlon™ 64 FX Processor and AMD Quad FX Platform Overview
Featuring AMD’s most advanced processor technology, AMD Athlon™ 64 FX processors are designed specifically for PC enthusiasts. AMD Athlon™ 64 FX processors enable enthusiasts to immerse themselves in their digital world. They can play games at a level previously only reserved for the world of simulations, create and manipulate digital media like a pro, and explore the possibilities of megatasking – running multiple demanding applications at once. The AMD Athlon™ 64 FX processor brings the next generation of digital media and games to life.
AMD Athlon 64 FX processors power the next innovation for the enthusiast PC platform: The AMD Quad FX platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture. The Revolutionary AMD Quad FX platform is the first dual-socket, multi-core PC platform designed to take advantage of the latest enhancements in Windows Vista™ Ultimate and for megatasking PC enthusiasts and power-users who run the most demanding tasks simultaneously. The AMD Quad FX platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect (DSDC) Architecture is ready for the most demanding multi-threaded digital content creation software and for the next wave of incredibly demanding multi-threaded games.
DSDC Architecture is AMD’s exclusive high-bandwidth interconnect for two AMD Athlon 64 FX processors. The AMD Quad FX platform featuring two AMD Athlon™ 64 FX dual-core processors with DSDC Architecture for megatasking can double your digital media application performance over two core platforms. Adding another processor doubles the cores, doubles available memory bandwidth—up to 25.6GB/s, and doubles the amount of high-speed on-die cache.
With the AMD Quad FX platform you are ready for the multi-core, multi-threaded future. The AMD Quad FX Platform is designed to offer a seamless upgrade path from dual-core processors to quad-core processors when they are available in 2007. This offers an advanced four core platform today and a planned eight core platform in the future.
Feature Overview
Dual Socket Direct Connect (DSDC) Architecture powers the ultimate platform for the megatasking enthusiast
* DSDC Architecture is AMD’s exclusive high-bandwidth interconnect for two multi-core processors
* Designed to perform with multi-threaded software
* Integrated memory controller designed to reduce memory access latencies
* Runs today’s 32- and 64-bit software with leading-edge performance
HyperTransport™ technology
* Helps provide increased overall system performance with up to a 2000MHz system bus
AMD Virtualization™ (AMD-V™)
* Chip-based virtualization technology that helps virtualization software run more efficiently and securely
Enhanced Virus Protection*
* Helps protect against certain viruses, worms, and other malicious attacks
Redefine Performance
Performance is not just a question of running one application at jaw-dropping speed. It is about a computing experience that lets you run multiple processor intensive and multithreaded applications responsively at top speed. Megatasking is that experience. Megatasking is about playing the latest life-like game while instant messaging, creating, editing or enjoying your favorite digital media.
Megatasking is about keeping your creative flow moving and bringing your ideas to life with high-definition video editing, content creation, digital imagery, and audio mixing. You can work on multiple pieces of your project simultaneously and don’t have to stop creating while waiting for a filter to apply.
Megatasking is about running a dedicated game server on your PC while playing the game on the same PC, while voice chatting, while playing your own soundtrack and still being able to alt-tab to other basic apps like your e-mail, IM, or browser without a hitch.
Megatasking is about streaming HD quality video to media extenders through out your home and still being able to play or create on the same PC with robust performance.
Megatasking is the future reality of PC performance. Explore the possibilities.
Your processor should not just be adequate—it should exceed your demands. AMD Athlon™ 64 FX processors enable performance tuning, so you can discover the true potential of your personal computer. Break the speed limit; it’s YOUR processor!
A fast processor is one thing, but a fast computer system is another. HyperTransport™ technology featured on AMD Athlon™ 64 FX processors is key. With 2000MHz bi-directional HyperTransport™ technology on each processor, you have fast, low-latency connections in your computer system. With free flowing data, you can feel confident your applications can operate at their maximum potential.
Purchase With Confidence
Founded in 1969, AMD has shipped more than 300 million PC processors worldwide. Customers can depend on AMD and the AMD Athlon 64 FX processor for compatibility and reliability. AMD processors undergo extensive testing to ensure compatibility with Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT®, Windows 2000, as well as Linux and other PC operating systems. AMD works collaboratively with Microsoft and other partners to achieve compatibility and reliability of AMD processors and to expand the capability of software and hardware products leveraging AMD64 technology. AMD conducts rigorous research, development, and validation to help ensure the continued integrity and performance of its products.
AMD Athlon™ 64 FX Processor
Key Architectural Features
AMD64 technology enables leading-edge software performance and new experiences & capabilities. Specifically, AMD64 technology:
* Provides high performance levels without any changes to existing 32-bit applications
* Allows both high-performance 32-bit and 64-bit computing, offering end users an easy, compelling and affordable means to take advantage of tomorrow's emerging applications
* Additional 64-bit internal registers for computing performance
* Addressability beyond 4GB for new capabilities
* Enhanced Virus Protection*
HyperTransport™ technology
* HyperTransport™ technology with a 2000MHz bidirectional double data clock rate provides a fast and low latency connection in your computer system. With free flowing data, you can feel confident your applications can operate at their maximum potential
The Integrated double data rate (DDR and DDR2) memory controller designed to reduce memory latency.
* Designed for performance by directly connecting the processor to the memory
* Supports industry-standard, widely-available DDR memory modules for high-performance systems
* Features ECC protection that enables increased system reliability, helping to ensure your systems run smoothly
High-Performance, On-Die Cache
* The AMD Athlon 64 FX processor features a large high-performance on-die cache memory. The 2304KB (128KB L1 + 1024KB L2 per core) of total usable cache is designed to improve instruction throughput
AMD Digital Media XPress™ support for SSE, SSE2, SSE3 and MMX instructions
* With the addition of SSE3 instructions to existing 3DNow!™ Professional technology, the AMD Athlon 64 FX processor is compatible with the largest installed base of multimedia-enhanced software. Software specifically tuned for this suite of instructions can give me smooth, rich, lifelike images, precise digital audio and an enriched Web experience
* Enhanced Virus Protection can be enabled by certain operating systems, including the current versions of Microsoft® Windows®, Linux®, Solaris™, and BSD Unix. After properly installing the appropriate operating system release, users must enable the protection of their applications and associated files from buffer overrun attacks. Consult your OS documentation for information on enabling EVP. Contact your application software vendor for information regarding use of the application in conjunction with EVP. AMD strongly recommends that users continue to include third-party antivirus software as part of their security strategy.
© 2006 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, 3DNow!, AMD Digital Media Xpress, Cool'n'Quiet, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. HyperTransport is a licensed trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other jurisdictions. Other names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.
The AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture powered by AMD Athlon 64 FX processors is the world’s ultimate PC platform for megatasking enthusiasts
AMD Athlon™ 64 FX Processor and AMD Quad FX Platform Overview
Featuring AMD’s most advanced processor technology, AMD Athlon™ 64 FX processors are designed specifically for PC enthusiasts. AMD Athlon™ 64 FX processors enable enthusiasts to immerse themselves in their digital world. They can play games at a level previously only reserved for the world of simulations, create and manipulate digital media like a pro, and explore the possibilities of megatasking – running multiple demanding applications at once. The AMD Athlon™ 64 FX processor brings the next generation of digital media and games to life.
AMD Athlon 64 FX processors power the next innovation for the enthusiast PC platform: The AMD Quad FX platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture. The Revolutionary AMD Quad FX platform is the first dual-socket, multi-core PC platform designed to take advantage of the latest enhancements in Windows Vista™ Ultimate and for megatasking PC enthusiasts and power-users who run the most demanding tasks simultaneously. The AMD Quad FX platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect (DSDC) Architecture is ready for the most demanding multi-threaded digital content creation software and for the next wave of incredibly demanding multi-threaded games.
DSDC Architecture is AMD’s exclusive high-bandwidth interconnect for two AMD Athlon 64 FX processors. The AMD Quad FX platform featuring two AMD Athlon™ 64 FX dual-core processors with DSDC Architecture for megatasking can double your digital media application performance over two core platforms. Adding another processor doubles the cores, doubles available memory bandwidth—up to 25.6GB/s, and doubles the amount of high-speed on-die cache.
With the AMD Quad FX platform you are ready for the multi-core, multi-threaded future. The AMD Quad FX Platform is designed to offer a seamless upgrade path from dual-core processors to quad-core processors when they are available in 2007. This offers an advanced four core platform today and a planned eight core platform in the future.
Feature Overview
Dual Socket Direct Connect (DSDC) Architecture powers the ultimate platform for the megatasking enthusiast
* DSDC Architecture is AMD’s exclusive high-bandwidth interconnect for two multi-core processors
* Designed to perform with multi-threaded software
* Integrated memory controller designed to reduce memory access latencies
* Runs today’s 32- and 64-bit software with leading-edge performance
HyperTransport™ technology
* Helps provide increased overall system performance with up to a 2000MHz system bus
AMD Virtualization™ (AMD-V™)
* Chip-based virtualization technology that helps virtualization software run more efficiently and securely
Enhanced Virus Protection*
* Helps protect against certain viruses, worms, and other malicious attacks
Redefine Performance
Performance is not just a question of running one application at jaw-dropping speed. It is about a computing experience that lets you run multiple processor intensive and multithreaded applications responsively at top speed. Megatasking is that experience. Megatasking is about playing the latest life-like game while instant messaging, creating, editing or enjoying your favorite digital media.
Megatasking is about keeping your creative flow moving and bringing your ideas to life with high-definition video editing, content creation, digital imagery, and audio mixing. You can work on multiple pieces of your project simultaneously and don’t have to stop creating while waiting for a filter to apply.
Megatasking is about running a dedicated game server on your PC while playing the game on the same PC, while voice chatting, while playing your own soundtrack and still being able to alt-tab to other basic apps like your e-mail, IM, or browser without a hitch.
Megatasking is about streaming HD quality video to media extenders through out your home and still being able to play or create on the same PC with robust performance.
Megatasking is the future reality of PC performance. Explore the possibilities.
Your processor should not just be adequate—it should exceed your demands. AMD Athlon™ 64 FX processors enable performance tuning, so you can discover the true potential of your personal computer. Break the speed limit; it’s YOUR processor!
A fast processor is one thing, but a fast computer system is another. HyperTransport™ technology featured on AMD Athlon™ 64 FX processors is key. With 2000MHz bi-directional HyperTransport™ technology on each processor, you have fast, low-latency connections in your computer system. With free flowing data, you can feel confident your applications can operate at their maximum potential.
Purchase With Confidence
Founded in 1969, AMD has shipped more than 300 million PC processors worldwide. Customers can depend on AMD and the AMD Athlon 64 FX processor for compatibility and reliability. AMD processors undergo extensive testing to ensure compatibility with Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT®, Windows 2000, as well as Linux and other PC operating systems. AMD works collaboratively with Microsoft and other partners to achieve compatibility and reliability of AMD processors and to expand the capability of software and hardware products leveraging AMD64 technology. AMD conducts rigorous research, development, and validation to help ensure the continued integrity and performance of its products.
AMD Athlon™ 64 FX Processor
Key Architectural Features
AMD64 technology enables leading-edge software performance and new experiences & capabilities. Specifically, AMD64 technology:
* Provides high performance levels without any changes to existing 32-bit applications
* Allows both high-performance 32-bit and 64-bit computing, offering end users an easy, compelling and affordable means to take advantage of tomorrow's emerging applications
* Additional 64-bit internal registers for computing performance
* Addressability beyond 4GB for new capabilities
* Enhanced Virus Protection*
HyperTransport™ technology
* HyperTransport™ technology with a 2000MHz bidirectional double data clock rate provides a fast and low latency connection in your computer system. With free flowing data, you can feel confident your applications can operate at their maximum potential
The Integrated double data rate (DDR and DDR2) memory controller designed to reduce memory latency.
* Designed for performance by directly connecting the processor to the memory
* Supports industry-standard, widely-available DDR memory modules for high-performance systems
* Features ECC protection that enables increased system reliability, helping to ensure your systems run smoothly
High-Performance, On-Die Cache
* The AMD Athlon 64 FX processor features a large high-performance on-die cache memory. The 2304KB (128KB L1 + 1024KB L2 per core) of total usable cache is designed to improve instruction throughput
AMD Digital Media XPress™ support for SSE, SSE2, SSE3 and MMX instructions
* With the addition of SSE3 instructions to existing 3DNow!™ Professional technology, the AMD Athlon 64 FX processor is compatible with the largest installed base of multimedia-enhanced software. Software specifically tuned for this suite of instructions can give me smooth, rich, lifelike images, precise digital audio and an enriched Web experience
* Enhanced Virus Protection can be enabled by certain operating systems, including the current versions of Microsoft® Windows®, Linux®, Solaris™, and BSD Unix. After properly installing the appropriate operating system release, users must enable the protection of their applications and associated files from buffer overrun attacks. Consult your OS documentation for information on enabling EVP. Contact your application software vendor for information regarding use of the application in conjunction with EVP. AMD strongly recommends that users continue to include third-party antivirus software as part of their security strategy.
© 2006 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, 3DNow!, AMD Digital Media Xpress, Cool'n'Quiet, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. HyperTransport is a licensed trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other jurisdictions. Other names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.
