By Agam Shah, March 12, 2008
AMD said on Wednesday it has started shipping triple-core Phenom processors, bringing desktops with the chip closer to release. 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. Dell has listed plans to use the chip in its OptiPlex 740 business desktop systems, with 1.5MB of L2 cache and 2MB of shared L3 cache, in an online brochure. Dell will ship the triple-core OptiPlex in the second quarter, a company spokeswoman said, declining further comment. Hewlett-Packard has also listed a desktop on its Bulgarian-language Web site with AMD's Phenom Triple-Core 8600B processor that runs at 2.3GHz, with 1.5MB of L2 cache. HP officials were not available for comment.
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