[1] This is a type of dual processor setup, where two CPUs are installed on a motherboard to increase computing power.
AMD has claimed that the systems which consist of a pair of CPUs will cost below US$1000 altogether with a suitable motherboard.
Reviewers have noted that the platform requires significantly more power than a Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processor system,[14]: 13 with performance being generally inferior.
[17] Nvidia has introduced a chipset for the platform, called "nForce 680a", provides 4 PCI-Express slots of x16-x8-x16-x8 configuration, and support up to 12 SATA 3.0 Gbit/s hard disks.
[21] In September and October 2007 news sites reported that AMD had dropped Quad Phenom from their road maps.
With a similar system featuring Dual CPU configuration dubbed as the Omen a:221 SIlent DCC workstation, equipping two Opteron 200 or 800 series CPU dated back to 2006, and the "OMEN AMD Quad FX SLI" system was announced later in the year.
[27] Additionally, backward compatible AMD quad-cores would also support an update to HyperTransport which would benefit more from a new chipset released at the same time.