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Desktop Thoroughbred to Come in June
As we have already pointed out to you, March is over already and AMD hasn?t yet launched its new 0.13micron Thoroughbred processors. Nevertheless, it didn?t prevent AMD from providing the leading mainboard manufacturers with the info about the CPUs based on this new core.
Let?s take a look at some new details about AMD Thoroughbred.
So, the CPUs based on the new 0.13micron core will be fully compatible with the current Socket A mainboards. The only thing they may require to be fully compatible with the old mainboards is a BIOS update so that the processors could be properly recognized. The processors themselves however, will be not any different in architecture from Palomino based ones. AMD has once again proven that the L2 cache of Thoroughbred will remain equal to 256KB and the processor bus frequency will stay by 266MHz. This way, migration to a new core will ensure higher working frequencies and lower production costs of Athlon XP processors.
As the performances of Palomino and Thoroughbred working at the same clock frequencies are equal, AMD decided to keep calling the new 0.13micron processors Athlon XP and to continue marking them with the rating calculated using the same formula.
And now comes the most interesting bit of news. According to our sources, the official launch of Athlon XP (Thoroughbred) will take place only in the second half of June. The first Athlon XP on the new core will be marked as 2400+ and will have the actual clock frequency of 1.933GHz. Besides, there will also be slower Thoroughbred CPUs coming rated as 2000+ and 2200+, which will replace the existing Palomino models.
Moreover, to fill the gap remaining until Thoroughbred launch, AMD will release one more Athlon XP on the 0.18micron Palomino core in Q2?02. it will be Athlon XP 2200+ working at the actual frequency of 1.8GHz.
Desktop Thoroughbred to Come in June
As we have already pointed out to you, March is over already and AMD hasn?t yet launched its new 0.13micron Thoroughbred processors. Nevertheless, it didn?t prevent AMD from providing the leading mainboard manufacturers with the info about the CPUs based on this new core.
Let?s take a look at some new details about AMD Thoroughbred.
So, the CPUs based on the new 0.13micron core will be fully compatible with the current Socket A mainboards. The only thing they may require to be fully compatible with the old mainboards is a BIOS update so that the processors could be properly recognized. The processors themselves however, will be not any different in architecture from Palomino based ones. AMD has once again proven that the L2 cache of Thoroughbred will remain equal to 256KB and the processor bus frequency will stay by 266MHz. This way, migration to a new core will ensure higher working frequencies and lower production costs of Athlon XP processors.
As the performances of Palomino and Thoroughbred working at the same clock frequencies are equal, AMD decided to keep calling the new 0.13micron processors Athlon XP and to continue marking them with the rating calculated using the same formula.
And now comes the most interesting bit of news. According to our sources, the official launch of Athlon XP (Thoroughbred) will take place only in the second half of June. The first Athlon XP on the new core will be marked as 2400+ and will have the actual clock frequency of 1.933GHz. Besides, there will also be slower Thoroughbred CPUs coming rated as 2000+ and 2200+, which will replace the existing Palomino models.
Moreover, to fill the gap remaining until Thoroughbred launch, AMD will release one more Athlon XP on the 0.18micron Palomino core in Q2?02. it will be Athlon XP 2200+ working at the actual frequency of 1.8GHz.
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