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AMD has unveiled its new desktop processor architecture called the Phenom II, which will be included in AMD's next generation "Dragon" platform.

The Phenom II X4 (earlier codenamed "Deneb") is a 45-nanometer quad-core chip with the following specifications:

• 3 GHz CPU frequency
• 2MB (4x512KB) of L2 cache
• 6MB of L3 cache
• 1333MHz DDR3 memory
• 125 W Thermal design Power

The Phenom II might just be what AMD are looking for to give Intel a run after their new Corei7 launch. The new Phenom II chips will be launched in the first quarter of 2009.

Update Saturday, November 29, 2008:
AMD to launch first two Phenom II X4 in January, 2009