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To: Dan3 who wrote (84184)	12/27/1999 3:37:00 AM
From: Goutam	Read Replies (3) of 1573862

Dan3, Swiped this from Ace's - aceshardware.com ____________________________________ Athlon 850/900 will work at 1.7V (AMD) Posted By johan Monday, December 27, 1999 - 6:00:01 AM To increase the yields of the K75 (Athlon .18 æ core), AMD management has decided to increase the voltage of the higher clocked Athlons from 1.6V to 1.7V. That way, almost any .18æ Athlon should reach 800 MHz and it is possible that the 850 and 900 MHz Athlon will be introduced much sooner. It is clear that AMD is feeling the pressure of Intel too and wants to stay ahead in the race. If you already got a Slot A motherboard, you shouldn't worry: the Athlon core regulate voltages internally. AMD representatives reassured us that it is "plug and play" : ). On a different note: .18 æ Athlons do not need 300W power supplies like their older .25 æ brothers do. So before you better try before you ditch your older 235W supply. Want to know how you can distinguish a .25æ Athlon from a .18 one without cracking your expensive cpu open? Read our Athlon 800 review ! aceshardware.com ____________________________________ ======== I'm all for it if 0.1V increase can give raise to higher yields at speeds 800MHz and more. It was a smart move by AMD to include the internal regulation of core voltage (I guess it does it through the 4 Vcore control lines which in turn set the Vcore limit from the SLOT-A mobo regulators) from the beginning - this way Vcore spec can be set as needed within the design limits while maintaining the Plug-and-Play feature. Also, if almost any Athlon can reach 800MHz or more with a 0.1V bump in the core voltage - we can say good buy to 500MHz - 600MHz ones pretty soon. Goutama

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