Chipmaker AMD is apparently planning to enter the memory module market in style. The outfit is readying to introduce several DDR3 modules as part of its new Radeon memory line.

Judging by AMD’s own website and some retailer leaks, AMD will introduce three distinct memory module series. Entertainment class modules are rated at 1333MHz (9-9-9 latencies), Ultra Gaming Pro modules run at 1600MHz (11-11-11 latencies) and there’s also the Enterprise series, but it hasn’t been spec’d yet.

The first Radeon memory modules have apparently already gone on sale in Japan.

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A couple of US e-tailers have apparently spilled the beans on Llano pricing and there are some rather good points to write home about.

First of all it is a good idea to take the listings with a grain of salt, but in any case the prices are in line with expectations. Take the AMD A6-3600 series for example, it is a quad core 2.1GHz part, somewhat slower than the A6-3650, but it costs about the same as a 3650. However, it is worth noting that the new 3600 is a 65W part and unlike the 3650 it features Turbo, so it can clock to 2.4GHz depending on load.

The A6-3500 triple core is back in the game and at a mere $100 it should offer quite good value for money in its segment. It is basically a 3600 same one core, same clocks, same TDP, same HD 6530D graphics core.

As for the A8 series, the A8-3800 should cost $150. Once again, it is close to the 3850 in terms of pricing, but it is somewhat slower, i.e. 2.4GHz/2.7GHz versus 2.9GHz. However, it’s a 65W part and it features Turbo.

There is still no exact launch date to speak of, but 65W Llanos should appear sometime this quarter.

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The guys at Vr.Zone reports that Nvidia is going to release the MCP82 XE chipset later this month where the official marketing name will be nForce 980a SLI. MCP82 XE is essentially the same as the MCP72 XE except that it is qualified to work with the latest AMD3 processors on both DDR2 and DDR3 boards.

MCP82 supports PCIe 2.0, HT 3.0, Tri/Quad SLI, Hybrid SLI, 12 USB 2.0, 6 SATA 3Gb/s ports, Gigabit Ethernet, HD Audio etc. MCP82XE is rated at 20W TDP in mGPU mode, 22W TDP in Hybrid mode and 9W TDP in idle mode.

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From the looks of things on April the the rumored 20th AMD Phenom II X4 955 might become available. A good call fro AMD to introduce faster clocked parts.

The X4 955 would be launched with a clock frequency of 3.2GHz AMD’s making it AMD’s fastest quadcore, the processor would get 6MB L3-cache, 2MB L2-cache and of course would be seated on socket AM3. AMD might simply cancel that 950, as it turns out, AMDs yields are much better then expected. The X4 955 would get a maximum 125W TPD.

A very interesting price/value processor we think.

On an air cooler that is … XtremeSystems forum member Dumo got his hands on a sample of the upcoming AMD Phenom II X4 955 processor, this 125W TDP part has a clockspeed of 3.2GHz.

By increasing the voltage from 1.25V to 1.45, the overclocked got the chip to 4GHz on air cooling.

The test system consisted of an ASUS M4A79T Deluxe motherboard, 2GB DDR3 memory clocked at 1666MHz and the Windows 7 Beta operating system.

Intel has threatened AMD with the termination of their x86 cross-licensing agreement, after AMD revealed its intention to spin out chip manufacturing.

The agreement – which sees AMD make PC and server CPUs using x86 architecture licensed from Intel – is believed to include a clause whereby AMD are required to manufacturer a certain proportion of chips in-house.

“Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (the “Company”) has received correspondence from Intel Corporation (“Intel”) related to the 2001 Patent Cross License Agreement between the Company and Intel (the “Cross License”). In this correspondence, Intel (i) alleges that the Company has committed a material breach of the Cross License through the creation of the Company’s GLOBALFOUNDRIES joint venture and (ii) purports to terminate the Company’s rights and licenses under the Cross License in 60 days if the alleged breach has not been corrected”

AMD had informed company investors that the Global Foundries deal would not impact the Intel license, a reassurance that now seems premature given that Intel are alleging “material breach of the cross license”. In response, AMD have accused Intel of violating the agreement terms by threatening termination.

AMD now has 60 days to “correct” the alleged breach, but is more likely to take the case to court. Given the secret nature of the licensing agreement, it’s unlikely that many details will emerge from the legal battle.

AMD shipped the 50 millionth ATI ‘Hollywood’ graphics processor for the Nintendo Wii game console. With 50 million units delivered, the ATI graphics processor code-named ‘Hollywood’ becomes the most successful AMD game console chip to date in terms of unit sales.

The ATI ‘Hollywood’ graphics processor is a custom graphics processing unit from AMD that enables Wii to provide exciting, immersive game play and interaction for consumers around the world. AMD has a rich 10-year history of providing graphics solutions for Nintendo spanning both the Wii and Nintendo GameCube consoles.

Yesterday another rumor surfaced on the web regarding the fact that the ATI Radeon HD 4870 would receive yet another price drop, on top of the already announced price drop.

To sum it up a little better. It looks like that the Radeon HD 4870 1GB card will drop towards US$179. By making this move the Radeon HD 4870 1GB will be US$20 cheaper compared towards GeForce GTX 260 which had its price cut only recently from US$239 to $199.

These (both) are extremely good value prices guys. The cards offer a truckload of performance and features.

Update:
As it seems now it is the GeForce GTX 260 that is expected to get the price cut, sending its price down to $179, not the Radeon HD 4870 1GB. Confusing yes, fun .. yes !

The AMD 880G (RS880) motherboard chipset, which is expected in the second quarter of the year will have an enhanced integrated video feature, with support for DVD upscaling to Full HD.

NVIDIA is promoting this right now for CUDA ready GPUs, as you can purchase a software package for this.

It is said that this new chipset have the features of a RV620 or HD3450 class level features. It supports DX10.1, UVD2, hardware decoding of H.264, VC-1, MPEG2. It also has a DVD Upscaling function that transforms existing DVD by upscaling them to Full HD of 1920×1080.

This North bridge can be paired with existing SB 750 or SB 710 chipset south bridge.

Seagate and AMD will be demonstrating the world’s first SATA 6Gbps hard-drive today (SATA3), theoretically offering twice the throughput of the existing SATA 3Gbps standard.

The demo will compare an existing Barracuda 7200.12 HDD and a SATA 6Gbps HDD that uses a prototype AMD chipset to offer 5.5Gigabits per second performance.

The companies are hoping to provoke interest in the new SATA 6Gbps standard, which will begin showing up in hard-drives before the end of 2009. It uses the same cables and connectors as previous 3Gbps and 1.5Gbps SATA, but introduces new power-efficiency technology among other things.

New drives will be backward compatible with motherboards that only support the existing SATA speeds, so we’re hoping to see them hit the market sooner rather than later. No word from Seagate as to when a commercial version of the current prototype will be launched.

Press Release:

Seagate and AMD Unveil World’s First Demonstration of Serial ATA 6Gigabit/Second Technology for High-Speed PC Applications

Seagate (Nasdaq: STX), teaming with microprocessor manufacturing leader Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) at the Everything Channel Xchange Conference in New Orleans this week, today unveiled the world’s first public demonstration of next-generation high-speed data transfer – Serial ATA 6Gigabit/second – for bandwidth-hungry desktop and laptop PC applications including gaming, streaming video and graphics multimedia.

The Serial ATA (SATA) 6Gb/second storage interface will deliver the highest performance – burst speeds of up to 6Gigabits per second – for all PC applications, maintain backward compatibility with the SATA 3Gb/second and SATA 1.5Gb/second interfaces, and use the same cables and connectors as previous SATA generations to ease integration. The third generation of the mainstream storage interface for desktop and notebook computers also enhances power efficiency and improves Native Command Queuing, a SATA feature, to increase overall system performance and data transfer speeds of mainstream PC applications but especially applications with heavily transactional workloads such as scientific modeling and forecasting, and engineering design and simulation.

“The increasing reliance of consumers and businesses worldwide on digital information.