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http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2002/12/10&pages=04&seq=20
With its 0.13-micron process transition moving on track, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) recently decided to introduce its 0.13-micron Thoroughbred B0 core to its entry-level Athlon XP 1700+ and 1800+ processors to cut costs further as well as improve product performance.
The Thoroughbred core has two versions. The slightly updated B0 version features a relatively larger core size and was originally used in a few of AMD?s top-end products. With the introduction, AMD?s Athlon XP processors will now all be based on the same Thoroughbred core.
According to the company?s roadmap, the Athlon XP processors will gradually move towards the entry-level and medium-range to low-end segments by the end of this year. The older entry-level Duron products will be phased out of the market, while the mainstream, medium-range to high-end segments will be assigned to the new Barton core-based processors.
Though scheduling to launch the Barton processors in the first quarter of 2003, AMD has so far not released a clearer mass production timetable for the product line. Set to be used in the desktop, notebook and server markets, the Barton is AMD?s last 32-bit processor core before the company introduces its 64-bit K8 later next year.
With its 0.13-micron process transition moving on track, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) recently decided to introduce its 0.13-micron Thoroughbred B0 core to its entry-level Athlon XP 1700+ and 1800+ processors to cut costs further as well as improve product performance.
The Thoroughbred core has two versions. The slightly updated B0 version features a relatively larger core size and was originally used in a few of AMD?s top-end products. With the introduction, AMD?s Athlon XP processors will now all be based on the same Thoroughbred core.
According to the company?s roadmap, the Athlon XP processors will gradually move towards the entry-level and medium-range to low-end segments by the end of this year. The older entry-level Duron products will be phased out of the market, while the mainstream, medium-range to high-end segments will be assigned to the new Barton core-based processors.
Though scheduling to launch the Barton processors in the first quarter of 2003, AMD has so far not released a clearer mass production timetable for the product line. Set to be used in the desktop, notebook and server markets, the Barton is AMD?s last 32-bit processor core before the company introduces its 64-bit K8 later next year.
