The first non AMD Athlon chipset is out, the KX133 by Via, and it's been reviewed on SlotA.com (in the form of a mobo of course). This chipset supports more ram, a faster bus speed, and AGP 4x mode.

Saw on HardOCP that EBNS has a story on AMD and Via's new Athlon chipsets. There is word on a 200 and 266mhz bus as opposed to Intel's 133mhz processor bus, along with a few new other things they have planned.

As was reported recently, Intel has filed a lawsuit against Via trying to keep them from marketing their motherboard chipset in the USA. Well it looks like the AMD folks are jumping in to the rescue of Via. Seeing as that the Via chipset is intended to work with AMD's technology it's beneficial that AMD helps them. Why should this matter to you? Well AMD + Via chipset = mucho fasto computero. Also there is mention that AMD will be pushing out their dual-cpu system around the 3rd quarter of this year.

AMD has stepped into the dispute and has made its own representations to the ITC, because its future roadmap will, in part, depend upon Via and other chipsets. As well as further extensive chipset support from Via, we understand that AMD will produce a dual Athlon during the course of this year...

HardOCP follows up on the whole AMD overclocking deal that was clarified a bit yesterday. We're all safe now.

A little while back AMD sent out some letters to retailers scolding them for selling AMD Athlon processors that were advertised as overclocked. TheRegister got a bit of clarification on why AMD was doing this and what the concern was. What's this mean? Well dont worry, AMD isnt stopping retailers like Kryotech, they just voiced a bit of 'concern' on the issue and want to make it clear that this stuff voids warranty.

For all you Athlon overclockers out there, the wonderful day has arrived. The H-Oda L2 cache speed adjuster has been released. You dont have to bust out all those tools to mess with your L2 cache settings, just fire up this piece of software. Thanks Anandtech (From yesterday)

For all you Athlon overclockers out there, the wonderful day has arrived. The H-Oda L2 cache speed adjuster has been released. You dont have to bust out all those tools to mess with your L2 cache settings, just fire up this piece of software. Thanks Anandtech

Word from HardOCP is that AMD is putting out a lawsuit against people selling Athlon CPUs that are modified/overclocked. Not totally sure if this will include the guys at Kryotech or not. Also, he has put together a guide on blowholes. If you're an overclocking nut and wanna cool down your box it's worth a look.

Tech-Repot has managed to get their hands on the much-hyped Athlon L2 cache speed adjustment software to be soon released by H Oda.

The Via folks have begun volume shipping of their new KX133 motherboard chipset. This is good news for Athlon owners looking to grab a new motherboard. Thanks Stomped

3D Spotlight has a little registry tweak that will enable Side Band Adressing on a GeForce / Athlon system.

Things have been looking pretty darn good for AMD lately, with Intel goofing up a couple of times it's really help the Athlon gain some market share. Here's a bit of a report on the whole situation. Thanks Haakon Larsen.

A couple more people have gotten a hold of those 1GHz Athlon machines. Check out the reviews and benchmarks over at SharkyExtreme as well as CPUReview

Word from the guys at AMDZone is that AMD has updated their Athlon tech documents, as well as the benchmarks page. You can check out this article on Gateway and AMD while you're at it.

The monkeys over at Tech-Report have gotten their hands on a 800mhz Athlon and pumped it up to 900mhz, which gives a pretty good FPS increase.

The Tech-Report has word of a software Athlon L2 cache controller, which should be quite handy for those overclockers among you. For the scoop go to Tech-Report.

AnandTech has gotten a hold of one of those supa-fast 1GHz Kryotech Athlon machines and puts it through the benchmarks. Yes, 1GHz is here, you gotta pay a few grand for it though.

Well we all saw that Intel roadmap at HardOCP a couple of days ago, so what's AMD up to? Here's a good overview of what they have going. It looks like AMD is looking to even put out a 'Celeron killer' chip in 2nd Quarter of next year.

Spitfire - AMD's Celeron killer. Based on a .18 mu Aluminun fabrication process, Spitfire will reside in a "Socket A" package, rather than the current "Slot A". Spitfire will be based on an enhanced K75 core, thus bringing along enhanced 3D Now! and all the other tweaks of the Athlon. With onboard fullspeed cache, you have the same design as the PPGA Celeron, but a lot faster.

This story on EETimes has word of AMD demonstrating a 900mhz version of their Athlon using the copper interconnects that the Dresden fab in Germany produces. Seems AMD has no problems upping up the mhz ante over Intel. The article also notes that the 800-MHz Athlon will be out next quarter, with the 1GHz coming out mid-2000. Thanks Chris Tom.

If you're an AMD Athlon owner and into the whole overclocking things (who isnt around here?) then you MUST read this article on tech-report which has a device you can buy unlocking the multiplier lock on Athlon CPUs.