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Poll: When will ClawHammer be launched (ie limited quantites, reviews)?

Yep, the thing's gotta actually be available and at a reasonable cost in order for it to be considered buyable by us. Q1 2003 at the earliest is my guess.
 
may be sooner then we think since the early t-breds seem to bite...I would like to see first thing 2003 as I should be ready to upgrade in march of 2003....

I think right now currently it would take a 2400+ t-bred to take crown back from 2.533 p4, but if intel pushes it to 3ghz at years end and t-bred was rumored to be only going to 2500+ amd may be forced to get something out to compete....Even with .13micron shift many are speculating we are see the end of the road for the phenomenal athlon chip....

Barton or NOt????

 
The question is when will the Tbred be available for purchase in all flavors to 2200+. I'm dying for a cpu upgrade and I want to experiment for myself with that overclocking thing.

Anybody remember when we used to make fun of Intel for paper launches? How times have changed🙁
 
Clawhammer will ship in the 4Q as AMD has announced, but it will debut at well below the 3400+ rating currently expected by many on this forum. Instead of 2.0GHz, the processor will likely debut at 1.6GHz, as AMD has told oems under non-disclosure agreement. At 1.6GHz, the Clawhammer should carry an initial rating of 2800+ to 3000+.

There are three plausible release scenarios. If AMD can make the Christmas selling season with a release in late October or early November (with the 1.6GHz 2800+ to 3000+ Clawhammer), they will. I'd say the chance of this happening is in the neighborhood of 20%. Otherwise, they will ship out the 1.6GHz Clawhammer in late December, for release the first week of January, to coincide with the release of the P4 @ 3.0GHz. This is the scenario I expect as a financial analyst, with a 60% probability. The last possibility is that some issue will arise with the design or process that requires a delay well into 2003 (late 1Q, early 2Q).

With both Clawhammer and Barton (with its larger cache) featuring near identical die sizes on .13 micron, Barton will almost certainly be cancelled. Barton is almost as expensive to produce as Clawhammer; Barton is NOT a replacement for the Duron. It is meant only as a backup to continue the Athlon line in the event Clawhammer is delayed well into 2003.

Cheers,

Ken, who first predicted the Thoroughbred debacle back here in January '02
 


With both Clawhammer and Barton (with its larger cache) featuring near identical die sizes on .13 micron, Barton will almost certainly be cancelled
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I believe Barton will still ship, they need older reliable technology while trying to crank out the newer K8 cpu.
 
I beleive that AMD will try to rush the Hammer since the T-Bred didnt perform as expected. I hope AMD skips the Barton core all together and tries to 'drop' the hammer in early october.

Only time will tell

But, This just gives us intel fans something to look forward to. I cant wait to see what Intel puts out to compete with the Hammer.
 
I think right now currently it would take a 2400+ t-bred to take crown back from 2.533 p4, but if intel pushes it to 3ghz at years end and t-bred was rumored to be only going to 2500+ amd may be forced to get something out to compete....Even with .13micron shift many are speculating we are see the end of the road for the phenomenal athlon chip....
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A 2.53ghz beats out an overclocked athlon xp 2400+ at the moment Tom's . Might need a 2600+ to beat out the P4.

I'm thinking late december or early Q1'03 is when we will see hammer in a good amount of quanities.

But, This just gives us intel fans something to look forward to. I cant wait to see what Intel puts out to compete with the Hammer.
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Prescott. :: Drool ::
 
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