It looks like good old AMD is gonna hook us up with another Athlon price drop according to the Ars monkeys. Here's the quote from Loki: "A reliable source of mine just tipped me off to a a tasty bit of informationes: AMD will be executing a price drop on their Athlon CPU line on Oct. 24th.  Sweet!   Also rumored is the adios of the Athlon 500."

HardOCP has scored an Athlon650 and as always it's interesting to read what they have to say about it.

The guys at TargetPC have an interview with the Kryotech folks, you know.. those guys who supercool CPUs and have that 800mhz Athlon system?

AMD has updated their Athlon technical documents with some more stuff for you guys to look at for the "world's fastest x86 processor". Thanks AMDZone as always.

If those Athlon600 benchmarks in the Shugashack article today got you all excited, check out the RivaStation Athlon600 review.

PCWorld takes a look at the newly announced SledgeHammer CPU from AMD which sounds intriguing.

Matt sent in this link to a CNN article which talks about AMD and Intel, pretty good and long article. What is wacky is the poll shows everyone buying a Mac though. I'm guessing some huge Apple page linked the article. Check it out.

Well the word is out, AMD is working on the 64-bit chip "SledgeHammer". What's interesting is that it will not run Intel-code in 64-bit applications but it's own native code. The AMD cloning days are over. Check this ZDNet Yahoo Atricle. Thing won't be out until 2001 though.

Well, the 700mhz version of the AMD Athlon is out and both Sharky Extreme and Gamers Depot have reviewed it.

Some good news for all you speed freaks. (Myself included) It looks like AMD is about to unveil the 700mhz Athlon, and Intel is following suit with the 700mhz and 733mhz Pentium3 chips in 3 weeks. Here is a bit from news.com: (Thanks Jacek)

Speeds will increase for PCs next week when Advanced Micro Devices releases a 700-MHz version of its Athlon chip, a move that will be followed by new computers from IBM and Compaq Computer.  The new chip, expected to be announced Monday, will mean that AMD will continue to enjoy a speed and performance advantage over Intel's top chips, according to analysts and other sources. Intel won't be far behind, however; it is slated to come out with 700-MHz and 733-MHz Pentium IIIs on October 25, sources said. The fastest Pentium III now tops out at 600 MHz. Overall, Athlon achieves a higher level of performance than the Pentium III at equal speeds, leading to crisper, more realistic graphics, according to testers.

This cnet article details AMD's plan to reveal information on the K8 CPU next week as well as the fnancial troubles they are having right now with hopes that their next CPU may save it. I'll take a K8 and a Rampage please, thanks.

Although little is known about the K8, sources close to AMD have said that it will be a 64-bit processor, which means it can process 64 bits per clock cycle, double the current rate of current Intel and AMD microprocessors. Merced, due by mid-2000, will be Intel's first 64-bit processor. Fred Weber, vice president of engineering at AMD, is slated to speak at the conference on Tuesday.

The GamersDepot guys have posted a couple of reviews of new Athlon motherboards, someone besides AMD is making em!

Meanwhile, Tom's is taking a look at the Kryotech Athlon box which is running at a very nice speed of 800mhz.

According to this article on TheRegister Intel is doing all kinds of scrambling to get out some CPUs in reaction to the pressure AMD is applying with the Athlon CPU. There is also a news.com article talking about what is going on at Intel as well. Intel is still the 800 pound grape ape of the industry, but looks like they stubbed their toe. And since it is Intel vs AMD day, AnandTech squares off a 500mhz Athlon against the new Intel 500mhz Celeron CPU. Very interesting...

Forgot to mention this one this morning, AMD has announced their mobile CPU which is of course really fast. But can you find a place to buy one?

Looks like all is not good on the AMD front trying to snag those OEM deals. I did some searching around and dug up quite a few articles with word that Gateway has decided to use Intel instead of AMD chips. Dig it: Gateway Decides (3) Gateway Decides (2) Gateway to stop buying AMD.

The AMDZone guys have word on some nice looking Athlon CPU price cuts that should be coming our way very soon with the release of the 700mhz CPU. So... why exactly would I buy an Intel CPU this christmas (was: right now, changed because I am retarded) for gaming?

That 800mhz Athlon wasnt enough for you? Well these monkeys pushed one up to 810mhz. Thanks Rick B.

The Intel guys are just going nuts with the CPU price cuts in order to try and stay competitive with AMD's Athlon systems. There is only one big problem for Intel though... the Athlon is faster. Thanks AMDZone for the link. You can snag a Celeron 466 CPU now for just $99 amazingly enough.

A big of Athlon news for you guys to chew on this morning. It looks like AMD is cutting some prices on their K6-2 systems which is good news folks on a budget. Also, Blue spotted this REGISTER article with some speculation on the K8 CPU being some re-hax0red K7's.