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To: Petz who wrote (77616)	4/18/2002 10:05:11 AM
From: milo_morai	Respond to of 275872

<font color=blue>ZDNET:</font> An AMD representative said the 1400+ chip will run at 1.2GHz; the 1500+ will run at 1.3GHz and 1.33GHz; the 1600+ at 1.4GHz; and the 1700+ at 1.47GHz. All of the chips except the 1700+ will come with either a 200MHz or 266MHz bus; the 1700+ will offer a 266MHz bus only. While companies such as Compaq Computer, Hewlett-Packard and Sony offer the Mobile Athlon 4 in their consumer-oriented notebooks, it appears that the newest Mobile Athlon XP chips will be available first from notebook makers outside of the United States. Sharp, for example, will offer a 1400+ chip in its Mebuis notebook line in Japan. Packard Bell and Epson Direct will offer models elsewhere. AMD did not say when the chip would hit the United States. But it's likely to appear when manufacturers refresh current products. AMD's 2002 plans will hinge on Thoroughbred. The core will be important for the chipmaker's plans to expand market share in notebooks. But it will also allow AMD to boost speeds on desktop computers. The chip's smaller size, covering only 80 square millimeters, will allow AMD to produce more chips at a lower cost at its Dresden, Germany, manufacturing plant. AMD is expected to transition to the core for its next desktop Athlon XP chip as well. That chip, an Athlon XP 2200+, is expected to debut fairly soon at around 1.8GHz. Cuts for other lines AMD also announced price cuts on Wednesday. It held the line on mobile chip prices, but reduced list prices of its desktop and server Athlon chips by as much as much as 28 percent. AMD slashed the price of its Athlon XP 2100+ by 21 percent from $420 to $330. It cut the price of the 2000+ model by 17 percent; it is now priced at $280. It also dropped the prices on its 1900+ and 1800+ by 5 and 4 percent, respectively, to $220 and $180. The remaining Athlon XPs desktop chip prices stay the same. AMD also took a healthy bite out of its desktop Duron prices. It dropped the price of its 1.3GHz Duron 18 percent from $103 to $84. The 1.2GHz Duron went from $89 to $79, an 11 percent drop. The company also shaved 7 percent from the price of its 1.1GHz and 1GHz Duron chips, which will now list for $69 and $64, respectively. AMD also cut prices on its Athlon MP server chips. The Athlon MP 2000+ saw the biggest price drop, a 28 percent reduction from $415 to $299. Its other Athlon MP chips were reduced by between 24 and 13 percent. zdnet.com.com