Mani - "No, the potential delay is for THIRD PARTY chipset. The initial chipsets will be supplied by AMD. This is not new."
Mani, the article plainly says, "the first batch of K7s will arrive next month worldwide, but product will not be widely available until Q4."
I take it product means K7, since that is the object of the sentence. I know this is the Register, but they quote another Taiwanese magazine as the source.
Also, if even shreds of this are true, I believe AMD will have a hard time convincing 1st tier vendors to ramp systems with this part. Lack of infrastructure is a big deal, especially since the K7 will reportedly ship with a proprietary "Slot A" form factor, and not PPGA, as had been speculated earlier.
Why would AMD ship this thing with a SECC form factor? I would guess thermals are an issue.
BTW, I predict AMD will do the 500/550/600 announcement, with 500's the most relatively available part at announcement, i.e., AMD won't do an Intel style pre-announce and say on what date the higher speed parts will actually be available.
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