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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 223.53+1.1%Jan 14 3:59 PM EST

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To: Joe NYC who wrote (32681)3/22/2001 6:36:06 AM
From: stribe30Read Replies (1) of 275872
 
Well Joe, at least no one can accuse AMD of a Palomino paper-launch ;)

I read the Anand article.. I honestly dont remember him saying that part he quoted.. I cant even remember if that was discussed here or not
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We later provided an update to that roadmap that said not to
expect the desktop Palomino until much later. To quote our CPUs
in 2001 article, we said the following:
"In February/March the Athlon should gain another clock
step or two taking it up to 1.33GHz and possibly up to
1.4GHz. Both of these CPUs will still be based on the
current Thunderbird core and they should generate a
considerable amount of heat. Luckily the 1.4GHz
Athlon should be the last Thunderbird based
processor for AMD, paving the way for the 1.5GHz
Athlon based on the cooler running Palomino
core to be released sometime in the May - June
timeframe."

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He doesnt seem that particularly concerned about the Palomino delayed entry.. but IF I were an investor.. (fortunately I am not :) ) I wouldnt be so concerned about the roll-back as I would be about Ruiz's conference a couple of weeks ago that made no mention of this rollback. I'd sure like to hear what AMD PR or IR or whoever would have to say about that.

Finally.. this interesting bit:
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AMD has also been improving yields on their Athlons, we were
recently testing an OEM 1.1GHz Athlon that would work perfectly
fine at 1.33GHz without even increasing its core voltage. The
1.33GHz part we used for these tests, in spite of its incredible heat
dissipation, was able to hit just under 1.5GHz without too much
effort. If AMD can get the current Thunderbird core to carry them to
1.5GHz and beyond, they might just save Palomino for a rainy day
and hope to hit with something much harder than just a cooler
running core.
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anandtech.com
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