AMD Cancels Athlon 64 X2 with 2 MB L2
By
Rodrigo Chia
on June 16, 2006 - 9:15 AM
According to the Tech Report, AMD has confirmed the cancellation of Athlon 64 X2 chips equipped with 2 MB of L2 cache (1 MB per core). These include models 4800+, 4400+ (both AM2 and 939) and 4000+ (AM2). AMD’s explanation is that the cuts are meant to consolidate its lineup, which greatly expanded recently, with the introduction of socket AM2 and the new Energy Efficient versions. With the changes, the X2 series will be reduced to models 3800+, 4200+, 4600+ and 5000+ (with 1 MB of L2). The bigger cache will still be available in the Athlon 64 FX-60 (939) and FX-62 (AM2).
Originally at http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/news/AMD-Cancels-Athlon-64-X2-with-2-MB-L2/1218