PCDVD數位科技討論區 - AMD 打算推出 333Mhz Athlon??

AMD 真打算推出 333FSB 的 K7 嗎？之前貼過一次被笑，現在謠言又來了，而且好像越來越像真的，如果最後發現還是謠言，就把他當成博君一笑，請不要打偶... ~~>_<~~

1. The Inquirer: AMD will produce 333MHz front side bus

Firm does about turn to Intel threat
By Mike Magee: 星期三 31 七月 2002, 10:26

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DESPITE DENIALS from AMD a few months ago that it would produce Athlon XPs using a 333MHz front side bus, it appears the company will, in fact, do so.

A report on AMD MB yesterday suggested that AMD had done an about turn and we now have confirmation from one of the firm's partners that this report is substantially correct.

The same site says that AMD has made improvements to the core of its Thoroughbred processors and we also can confirm that is the case too.

One partner told us today that AMD has fixed a problem with the XP processors just a few weeks ago, and that's allowed them to give the chips a major boost. Further, the K7 is likely to co-exist with the K8 now for a long time, and will scale better than AMD first thought. AMD may also unlock the 2400+, 2600+ processors, we understand.

AMD has publicly said that it will introduce AMD XP2400+ and XP2600+ processors during the second half of this year.

When AMD will release 333MHz FSB versions of its Athlon XPs is a different matter, we don't have any information on a date as yet.

The u-turn is undoubtedly a response to Intel scaling its processors faster than AMD suspected, and also converting most of its Pentium 4s to 533MHz FSBs quicker than the competition had planned.

2. Athlon 2400+ and 2600+? 333 MHz Front-side bus??

Ryan Shrout - Tue, Jul 30, 2002 - 05:00 PM

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Well guys, this is some big news I'd like to share with everyone. After some phone calls to and from various sources inside the AMD underbelly.

I have news of the next Athlon XP processors to be released as the 2400+ and and 2600+ to combat the on going competition from Intel. While simple speed increases are not big news for a processor, there is more to this than meets the eye. Even before the introduction of the Athlon XP 2200+ processor, AMD knew they were having a small problem with the .13 micron cores and thus a second revision of the Thoroughbred core was put underway. This new revision, while not officially announced (and it may not be) is under going some testing with great results. The 2400+ processor is set to run at 2.0 GHz and the 2600+ processor is looking to be at 2.13 Ghz. As Intel has plans of releasing a 3.0 Ghz processor towards the end of this year, this kind of speed boost from AMD is desperately needed -- perhaps even more.

As if things couldn't get better, along with this news comes an update on the fabled 333 MHz FSB Athlons. I was told that the AMD labs are really looking into this and testing it out with the newer "rev 2" cores of the Thoroughbred. While AMD could take the current 266 MHz FSB up to the 2.13 GHz range, moving beyond that would be very tricky and I have it on good authority that AMD has a lot more life in the Thoroughbred than many are expecting. What does that mean? I think we are going to see the 333 MHz FSB processors and fairly soon. The inside tip also explained that a decision by the AMD authorities on whether or not to use the 333 MHz FSB will be finalized within the next three weeks.

While nothing was mentioned of the Barton core, we have two options as to its whereabouts. Either this "rev 2" is the Barton and the info about the extra cache was left out, or Barton will follow this "rev 2" Thoroughbred.

In either case, this is the kind of news that we need to know that AMD is working hard on keeping the Pentium 4 within its grasp of control. If more comes to me, you can be sure it will be posted here, on Amdmb.com or the AMD Forums!