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Dual Athlons Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-speed-then-light dept.

Malk-a-mite was one of the first to e-mail about the announcement from AMD concerning their demonstration of a Dual Athlon workstation. It is using their "AMD-760 MP chipset, and next-generation Double Data Rate (DDR) memory. "Update: 10/11 06:26 PM by H : My mistake. This was a dupe article - the older story went up yesterday - Microprocessor Forum.

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  1. It's out now what by cluge · · Score: 5
    As with all chip manufacturers these days I'll believe it when I can order it myself. I remember the first high end PIII's. Impossible to get, but strangley reviewers had copies to compare against Athlons.

    As with all articles of thsi nature, take it with a grain of salt. I don't expect to see such machine available to any "REAL" people on the street until Dec-Jan time frame. Thats at the earliest.

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  2. They haven't been released yet by none2222 · · Score: 5

    Only demonstrated. Read the press release.

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  3. Du-Athlon and the Olympics by dmahurin · · Score: 5
    From Segfault:
    http://www.segfault.org/story.phtml?mode=2&id=39d1 03ec-039558a0

    Dear Answer Guy,
     I thought about buying an Athlon, but now my TV screams all the time about some Bi-Athlon and even Tri-Athlon. Is that just a vaporware or should I wait to buy such a beast?
    -Ox Ford from Ohio

    Dear Ox Ford,
     Olympic Fever has struck the airwaves! Unknown to most people, the Athlon is the official microprocessor of the 2000 Olympic Games. To better suit Olympians, AMD came out with a Bi-Athlon and Tri-Athlon. These are actually multiprocessor units that have many advantages over their single-processor sibling. First, the processor speeds have been doubled, allowing the CPU to use time-sharing more efficiently (time-sharing is sometimes called "cycling," which is also an Olympic event). Processes can be re-prioritized in hardware, allowing certain applications to get a greater time share which causes it to run faster (also called "sprinting," which is an Olympic sport). Also, think of the Athlon as a unicycle, the Bi-Athlon as a bicycle, and the Tri-Athlon as a tricycle. The Bi-Athlon and the Tri-Athlon are much better at handling an unbalanced load, namely because they have more wheels. All of these things make the Athlon family the number one choice among Olympic athletes.

  4. ah ha! by Frac · · Score: 5
    "Malk-a-mite was one of the first to e-mail about the announcement from AMD..."

    Folks, now you know what to do if you want your news submitted. It's easy to get rejected on the submission queue, but apparently if you e-mail an editor, even redundant articles will get posted!

    Do keep in mind though that e-mails from a large group of people might cause too much junk in the mailbox, but if e-mail is a good way to punish redundant posts or get higher priority than in a submission queue, by all means e-mail is the way to go!