Hello Bill and Thread,
From: aceshardware.com
Here's a couple of things I'd like to throw out. First up is this German article, which indicates that AMD will be producing 1 GHz Slot A Thunderbirds in high volume at FAB30 in June. It wouldn't be out of the question to see a Thunderbird launch towards the end of May.
Second, Puissance PC has a review of the ABIT KA7 here. It's in French, but some of the more interesting info is on the third page, which indicates the KA7's FSB reaches 121 MHz with overclocking. Not unimpressive. I'd also like to thank Chris, Spencer, and the many others who wrote in to let me know that the KA7 is indeed available for sale now in many shops.
Finally, this interview provides some insight into Transmeta's code-morphing software.
And this...
This is more of a confirmation than any breaking news. IT Home Taiwan reports the confirmation that AMD will introduce Spitfire by the end of April (read: WinHEC 2000?), and will starting shipping in May. Thunderbird should follow in May or June. According to information IT Home managed to gather from Taiwanese motherboard makers, Spitfire is 0.18 uM AL, Socket-A based, and features 128K L1 and 64K L2 cache, thus giving it a total of 192K of on-die cache. Thunderbird, on the other hand, spots 128K L1 and 256K L2, and will be available in both Socket-A and Slot-A versions. For those who are still hoping for "Slotket-A" converter boards, you will be disappointed: Socket-A processors cannot be used on current existing Slot-A motherboards due to "design and architectural". Hence it is unlikely we will see any "Slotket-A" in the market.
Kindest regards,
CrazyMan |
