A few weeks ago rumors about an AMD Phenom II X4 TWKR processor hit the internet after a system builder posted a little more than he was supposed to on his private blog. A small metal black box also arrived here at Legit Reviews, but we honored the NDA that we agreed to with AMD and kept our knowledge of the AMD Phenom II Black Edition TWKR processor under wraps.
Why is AMD sending out TWKR processors?
To give the hardcore enthusiast/overclockers some love. There has been a lot of support and AMD wanted to give back with parts that have characteristics that are specifically attractive to OC’rs: can handle more voltage and scale really well under extreme conditions (LN2 and LHe).
What does the name TWKR stand for?
Nothing too clever here – tweaker – the affectionate name we’ve given to those talented few that really know the in’s and out’s of extreme overclocking
So a site that said this is incorrect: “AMD has said that TWK stands for “Those Who Know”.
In one of John Taylor’s blogs he talks about TWK (tweaks) as ‘those who know.’ The TWKR processor does play on that, too, to some extent. In each case it’s talking about people AMD cares about – tweakers of AMD processors and those that know.
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