AMD is gearing up to launch several new dual-core and triple-core Athlon IIs, but they're hardly spectacular, they are basically faster or slower iterations of existing CPUs.

AMD will add two processors to its dual-core lineup, the 3.2GHz clocked Athlon II X2 260 and the 2.8GHz Athlon II X2 220. The latter appears to feature the same clock as the 240, but we don't know the rest of the spec. It might be a somewhat cheaper version, or anew stepping. Both CPUs have a 65W TDP.

Two new triple-cores are also on the way. The 3.1GHz Athlon II X3 445 will be the fastest triple-core Athlon to date and it will have a 95W TDP. The 415e is 45W part and it's clocked at 2.5GHz, 200MHz more than the currently available 405e.

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