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The Inquirer a questo indirizzo ha pubblicato alcune interessanti informazioni sui piani di AMD per il 2002 e 2003. Fra poco, vedremo i primi Thoroughbred e successivamente i nuovi Duron Appaloosa. A fine anno arriveranno i ClawHammer con processo produttivo a 0.13micron e SOI e nelle prime battute del 2003 il fratello maggiore SledgeHammer. Athlon XP è stato annunciato fino a 2600+ per ora.

In Q3 now we'll see the 2600+, the 2400+, the 2200+ and the 2000+, all using Thoroughbred cores and a 266MHz front side bus.

At that time we'll also see the 1800+ Duron using Appaloosa technology.
AMD reckons its T-Die (higher maximum allowable die temperature) means that Intel has to build more expensive fans, coolers and other elements into PC designs, while it is using a low cost model which means designs are easier.

AMD warns that changes for Thoroughbred, given Palomino as the starting point, mean system integrators should be aware the CPUID will be 680h, voltage 1.60V, and PowerNow frequency switching may be turned on. Passive components will now go back on the top of the CPU package.