AMD finally starting to catch up to Intel

In order to start off CES with a band, AMD decided to unveil their new Phenom II architecture. The Phenom II signals AMD’s entrance into the 45-nanometer manufacturing process. Based on their “shanghai” architecture, this new chip will offer up a 20% speed boost over their older 2.6GHz personal best. Optimized design, as well 4MB of total extra cache, and support for up to DDR3 1,333MHz RAM. One other added bonus is higher stock clock speeds will be tolerated, up to 3GHz.