Goutama,
Excellent Work! As you know, around the time of the first GTW rumors, I also did some of these same searches and can therefore verify for the thread that these documents were not available.
If you notice, all of these document were recently created (between 12/7 and 12/9). While the argument certainly could be made that this is just contingency planning to cover all available processors, I personally agree that these support Athlon adoption by GTW.
On an unrelated note, I saw this interview on a gaming site posed to a system builder of specialized gaming systems.
voodooextreme.com
VE: Which is better: AMD's Athlon or Intel's Pentium III? Why?
KR: That's an easy one, but the reasons why may surprise you. It's pretty much common knowledge now that Athlons are faster than P3's at just about any speed class. Gamers recognize this and our product lines switched from 100% intel for the last 7 years to about 95% Athlon within two months. What really makes me enjoy seeing AMD's new success with the Athlon is the people at AMD whom I work with. Point blank, Intel doesn't care about gaming. Intel doesn't give us, or any other small OEM, the time of day. The people at AMD are totally different. AMD approached us before Athlon's release because they knew the gamers were important, and that we will only use the fastest components. While Intel plays tricks and neither I, nor anyone outside the press, can get Coppermine 733's yet, AMD made sure we were able to ship the gamers Athlon 750s when they were announced. In short, AMD values gamers and gaming performance. I can't even tell you what's cooking next with them, but expect more great toys from them in the future.
Again, good detective work!
-Scot |
