July 09, 2004

90nm Athlon 64 info and benchmarks

The 90nm A64 is not a simple die shrink but features several enhancements, such as...

* Possible SSE3 implementation
* Improved hardware data prefetch mechanism
* Increased number of writing combine buffers
* Improved on-die memory controller with more advanced open page policy
* On-die thermal throttling
* Black Diamond Low-K technology

More information and benchmarks

Source: Xtreme Systems