AMD beats the "Highest Frequence of a Computer Processor" record and enters the Guinness World Records book by overclocking the upcoming Bulldozer-based 8-core AMD FX desktop processor.
The overclocked processor reaches speeds of 8.429GHz as it sits inside a helium-cooled rig, beating the previous record of 8.309GHz.
Holding an event for the Guinness officials, AMD also had more overclocked pre-release FX processors-- to around 5GHz using air and water-cooling, to 6GHz using phase-change technology and to around 8GHz using liquid nitrogen and liquid helium.
The FX chip range should be available by end 2011, following delays from the original September release date.