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To: enzyme who wrote (108630)	4/30/2000 5:56:00 PM
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AMD readies Duron for low-end launch Apr. 29, 2000 (Electronic Engineering Times - CMP via COMTEX) -- SAN MATEO, CALIF. - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is preparing to launch a new microprocessor aimed at the low-cost desktop market. The Duron chip, previously known by its code name, Spitfire, features on-die Level 2 cache and will be produced at 0.18-micron line widths, the company said. Designed specifically to compete against archrival Intel Corp.'s Celeron line, the Duron family of processors will use a new packaging style the company is calling Socket A. AMD is moving away from the slot infrastructure demanded by off-die caches, partly because the smaller, 0.18-micron process allows integration of L2 cache onto all of its processors. The company is also working on a new Athlon product code-named Thunderbird, again featuring on-die cache. Thunderbird will be available in both a Socket A and a Slot A version, but it will be the company's last slot-based processor design. Both Duron and Thunderbird are expected to debut in the middle of the year. AMD has two more products on its road map for 2000: Mustang, an Athlon processor with an extra-large L2 cache, and Corvette, a mobile version of the Athlon with a standard-size cache. SledgeHammer, a 64-bit processor aimed to compete against Intel's Itanium, is slated to debut next year. eetimes.com