Please submit your substantiation.Originally posted by wizard
That is incorrect. The date is not nearly that soon.
'Thoroughbred' AMD Athlon XP
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/specials/2001/reviews/2002.html
Not to be outdone by Intel, AMD will release its 0.13 micron desktop processor, codenamed 'Thoroughbred', in the first half of 2002.
Thoroughbred out on the 20th of March
http://www.theinquirer.net/05030214.htm
WE NOW HAVE confirmation from sources close to AMD's plans that the first Thoroughbred will be released on the 20th of March.
http://www.theinquirer.net/05030214.htm
UPDATE II Some say that the 20th of March is not the Thoroughbred date.. We'll see what we come up with further on this front, tomorrow.
Originally posted by uncleel
That's your substantiation?
Originally posted by uncleel
I don't see any reference to the article on your website.
http://www.pcparadox.com/
AMD has their own manufacturing plants and are in no way dependant on TSMC...Originally posted by wizard
TSMC has not been able to move over to the .13micron production size and that is why the GF4 is .15micron, the ATi R250 is delayed as well as a whole slew of other companies being put on hold.
I spoke with a friend in AMD about this and he assured me that the date is not this month.
Thoroughbred - we were wrong ...but also sort of right
http://www.theinquirer.net/09030201.htm
In our original story - AMD Thoroughbred on the 20th of March, we suggested that the next breed of chips might be out very soon but what we did was add one and one, make three, and got our knickers in a good old twist.
In fact, on the 20th of March, many motherboard manufacturers will receive fully working samples of the Thoroughbred - as usual these people are the first to get them so they can make boards that will run properly at release.
Sources a cigarette paper's width away from AMD confirm that's what's happening round about the 20th, and that we won't see fully fledged machines running the Thoroughbred until about eight weeks afterwards.
That chimes with the roadmaps we published in January
From www.amd.com :
HANOVER, GERMANY -- March 13, 2002 --At CeBIT, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that it plans to begin shipping AMD Athlon™ XP processors codenamed “Thoroughbred” based on .13 micron technology to customers later this month.
The move to state-of-the-art .13 process technology represents a significant evolution for the AMD Athlon processor family. With this transition, AMD expects its processors to deliver improved performance, lower power and smaller die sizes.
“AMD’s leadership in manufacturing technology and outstanding design capabilities helps ensure that this small die will give us even more advantage in the future,” said Bill Siegle, senior vice president and chief scientist, Technology Operations, AMD. “Our outstanding Fab 30 team in Dresden is already approaching mature yields for the 80mm2 ‘Thoroughbred’ die.”
On .13 micron technology, the “Thoroughbred” core of the AMD Athlon XP processor is approximately 38 percent smaller than the current AMD Athlon XP processor on .18 process technology.
“Our closest competitor’s most recently announced processor on .13 micron technology is nearly 83 percent larger than AMD’s .13 process solution,” Siegle said. “Moving to .13 micron technology will enable us to produce higher-performing products while lowering costs, putting us in an even stronger competitive position.”
By the end of 2002, AMD expects that all of the AMD Athlon processor family will be produced on .13 micron technology. AMD also expects to begin shipping its next-generation processor codenamed “Hammer,” which uses a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) version of the .13 micron technology, at the end of the year.
Also from www.amd.com :
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Originally posted by uncleel
Thoroughbred will probably come out of the Dresden, Germany plant. As I stated, AMD's own cpu roadmap projected release in the ½ of 2002.
From Cnet.com :
The 130-nanometer chips began to arrive commercially in the middle of 2001; 90-nanometer chips are expected to hit shelves next summer. Proof-of-concept chips generally come out a year or so before actual commercial production.
This new processor should arrive as of the end of the month, at the beginning of April at the latest on the market.