AMD announced Phenom CPU

AMD has unveiled the upcoming AMD Phenom processor family name and publicly demonstrated the first all-AMD enthusiast platform, codenamed FASN8. The quad-core processors are expected to deliver a high-end visual experience, especially when paired with AMD’s new DirectX 10 ATI Radeon HD 2000 series, which began shipping today. AMD expects quad-core and dual-core AMD Phenom-based desktop systems to ship in the second half of 2007.

AMD  will also release a simplified dual-core chip, the Phenom X2, as a direct replacement for the Athlon 64 X2 in mainstream and entry level systems. As with earlier chips, the Phenom will be platform-agnostic and should work with NVIDIA’s GeForce graphics cards as well as mainboards from other companies that hope to produce mainboards for the technology. No release date was given,  AMD so far committing only to the second half of 2007 for shipping hardware.