Rumor: AMD Plans to Release Six 45nm CPUs in February

Forget about chocolate, flowers, or diamonds, because the real buying decision come Valentine's Day will be what processor to indulge in. It's no stretch to say the entire tech world will remain infatuated with Intel's Core i7 platform by the time February rolls around, but Intel won't be the only one trying to woo consumers. According to DigiTimes, motherboard manufacturers are busy preparing for a sextuplet of 45nm quad-core AM3-based CPUs from AMD in February.

• Phenom II X4 710 (2.6GHz, 6MB L3 cache)
• Phenom II X4 720 (2.8GHz, 6MB L3 cache)
• Phenom II X4 805 (2.5GHz, 4MB L3 cache)
• Phenom II X4 810 (2.6GHz, 4MB L3 cache)
• Phenom II X4 910 (2.6GHz, 6MB L3 cache)
• Phenom II X4 925 (2.8GHz, 6MB L3 cache)

The same sources that have been whispering sweet-somethings to DigiTimes also say that AMD will follow up it's busy February release schedule with more 45nm CPUs in April, but they won't be Phenom parts. Instead, look for Athlon-branded chips without the shared L3 cache. Additionally, the chip maker plans to release the quad-core Athlon X4 600 family and tri-core Athlon X3 family at the same time. And if you can wait until June, sources say AMD will introduce it's 45nm dual-core Athlon X2 200 series.

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