AMD Phenom

General information
Launched	November 19, 2007
Marketed by	AMD
Designed by	AMD
Common manufacturer	AMD
Performance
Max.CPUclock rate	1.8 GHz to 2.6 GHz
HyperTransport speeds	1.6 GHz to 2.0 GHz
Physical specifications
Cores	2 – 4
Socket	AM2+
Architecture and classification
Technology node	65 nm
Microarchitecture	K10
Instruction set	MMX,SSE,SSE2,SSE3,SSE4a,x86-64,3DNow!
History
Predecessor	Athlon 64 X2
Successor	Phenom II

Phenom (/fɪˈnɒm/) is the64-bitAMD desktop processor line based on theK10 microarchitecture,^[1] in what AMD calls family 10h (10 hex, i.e. 16 in normal decimal numbers) processors, sometimes incorrectly called"K10h". Triple-core versions (codenamedToliman) belong to the Phenom 8000 series and quad cores (codenamedAgena) to the AMD Phenom X4 9000 series. The first processor in the family was released in 2007.

AMD considers the quad core Phenoms to be the first "true" quad core design, as these processors are a monolithic multi-core design (all cores on the same silicon die), unlike Intel'sCore 2 Quad series which are amulti-chip module (MCM) design. The processors are on theSocket AM2+ platform.^[2]

Before Phenom's original release a flaw was discovered in thetranslation lookaside buffer (TLB) that could cause a system lock-up in rare circumstances; Phenom processors up to and includingstepping "B2" and "BA" are affected by this bug. BIOS and software workarounds disable the TLB, and typically incur a performance penalty of at least 10%.^[3] This penalty was not accounted for in pre-release previews of Phenom, hence the performance of early Phenoms delivered to customers may have been less than the preview benchmarks. "B3" stepping Phenom processors were released March 27, 2008 without the TLB bug and with "xx50" model numbers.^[4]

An AMD subsidiary released a patch for theLinux kernel,^[5] to overcome this bug by software emulation of accessed- and dirty-bits. This method causes less performance loss than previous workarounds. The program was said in December 2007 to have received "minimal functional testing."^[6][7]

AMD launched several models of the Phenom processor in 2007 and 2008 and an upgradedPhenom II in late 2008.^{[8][9][10][11]}

AMD Phenom-based processor family
AMD K10	Desktop
	Quad-core	Triple-core	Dual-core
Code-named	Agena	Toliman	Kuma
Core	65 nm	65 nm	65 nm
Date released	Nov 2007	Mar 2008	Sep 2008
List of AMD Phenom processors

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The model numbers of the Phenom line of processors were changed from thePR system used in its predecessors, theAMD Athlon 64 processor family. The Phenom model numbering scheme, for-later released Athlon X2 processors, is a four-digit model number whose first digit is a family indicator.^[12] Energy Efficient products end with an “e” suffix (for example, "Phenom 9350e"). Some Sempron processors use the prefix LE (for example, "Sempron LE-1200")

• FourAMD K10 cores
• L1cache: 64KB + 64KB^[14] (data +instructions) per core
• L2 cache: 512KB per core, full-speed
• L3 cache: 2MB shared among all cores
• Memory controller: dual channel DDR2-1066 MHz with unganging option
• MMX, Extended3DNow!,SSE,SSE2,SSE3,SSE4a,AMD64,Cool'n'Quiet,NX bit,AMD-V
• Socket AM2+,HyperTransport with 1600 to 2000 MHz
• Power consumption (TDP): 65, 95, 125 and 140 Watt
• First release
  • November 19, 2007 (B2 Stepping)
  • March 27, 2008 (B3 Stepping)
• Clock rate: 1800 to 2600 MHz
• Models:Phenom X4 9100e to 9950

• ThreeAMD K10 cores chip harvested from Agena with one core disabled^[15]
• L1cache: 64KBdata and 64KBinstruction cache per core
• L2 cache: 512KB per core, full-speed
• L3 cache: 2MB shared between all cores
• Memory controller: dual channel DDR2-1066 MHz with unganging option
• MMX, Extended3DNow!,SSE,SSE2,SSE3,SSE4a,AMD64,Cool'n'Quiet,NX bit,AMD-V
• Socket AM2+,HyperTransport with 1600 to 1800 MHz
• Power consumption (TDP): 65 and 95 Watt
• First release
  • March 27, 2008 (B2 Stepping)
  • April 23, 2008 (B3 Stepping)
• Clock rate: 2100 to 2500 MHz
• Models:Phenom X3 8250e to 8850

• List of AMD Phenom processors
• List of AMD Athlon X2 processors
• AMD K10

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