The latest chopping-edge Athlon blasted its way past two arbitrary units of measurement on Saturday: 3000 Megahertz and 6000 Marketinghertz.

The processor is slated to launch in a little more than three weeks, but it appears that information about the CPU has already been disclosed.

The 3 GHz, 64-bit X2 6000+  model number has not appeared on AMD's website yet.  AMD's model number, ADX6000IAA6CZ, was leaked with some preliminary specifications on Asrock's motherboard support website early this year.

The CPU is a 90nm dual-core 3.0GHz processor. It features 1MB L2 cache per core and is essentially identical to the Athlon 64 FX-74 processor with the exception that the 6000+ uses Socket AM2 instead of Socket 1207.

$599 will get you the socket AM2 processor, which offers 256KB of L1 Cache, 2MB of L2 Cache and is built on the 90nm Windsor core. Furthermore, it might well render unnecessary your home's central heating system.

You can buy it from here.

written by Florin C.