Mobo makers say AMD Phenom delayed until 1Q08
AMD’s Phenom processors were originally planned to begin test-production between September and October, and to start shipping in November this year. However, AMD may now be planning to postpone Phenom’s launch date to the first quarter of 2008, according to sources at motherboard makers. If this proves to be true it could be a big blow for AMD as they are already trying to catch back up to Intel after they launched the Core 2 Duo series.
AMD intends to modify its process technology to increase the yield rate and frequencies of Phenom processors in order to improve the competitiveness of the CPUs against Intel’s Penryn family, said the sources. AMD has already notified several motherboard makers that Phenom will now begin test-production in November or December, and will launch in first quarter of 2008, noted the sources.
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