What will be the fastest Socket-A CPU ever released?

[SickBeast]

I've read that the 3200+ will be the end of the line for the Athlon XP, however, I'm wondering if AMD will possibly release something faster. There is a huge installed base of Athlon systems, and it would make sense for them to continue to release processors for Socket-A. Any ideas?

 

[nbarb99]

I tend to think they are going to be releasing only new AMD64 chips now.

 

[sykopath79]

Intel had a huge installed base of Socket 370 before the P4 came out, and they stopped developing new Socket 370 chips almost immediately as I recall. AMD has more room to move forward with the new architecture & form factor, so I doubt they'll invest much (if anything) in squeezing more power out of the Socket A platform.

 

[Soulkeeper]

Originally posted by: sykopath79
Intel had a huge installed base of Socket 370 before the P4 came out, and they stopped developing new Socket 370 chips almost immediately as I recall. AMD has more room to move forward with the new architecture & form factor, so I doubt they'll invest much (if anything) in squeezing more power out of the Socket A platform.

I thought they released a few tualatins after the P4 was released