AMD Hammer Time

January 31, 2003 9:12 AM

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Well it's finally been decided, AMD will be launching their next-gen 64bit Hammer CPU, the Opteron in April. Along with that are a couple other CPU speeds mentioned in the following PR sent out by AMD this morning:

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2003 today announced that the worldwide introduction of its next-generation, 64-bit AMD Opteron(TM) processor for servers and workstations will take place on April 22 in New York City. AMD plans to follow up with the introduction of the AMD Athlon(TM) 64 processor for the desktop and mobile markets in September 2003. AMD also announced today that it will introduce the AMD Athlon XP processor 3000+ on February 10 and the AMD Athlon XP processor 3200+ in mid-2003. These processors, based on the core code-named "Barton," feature additional integrated cache memory for industry-leading performance. [snip]

Oh yeah, Hammer time! HAHA OMG YOU GUYS HAD NO IDEA I COULD MAKE SO MUCH FUNNY.

Steve Gibson

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Blackdawgg

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January 31, 2003 9:13 AM

wtf September for desktops. Wasnt this thing suppose to come out at the end of last year
- ScoobySnack
  
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  January 31, 2003 9:18 AM
  
  so they were a year off.. no biggie