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AMD Opteron "Hammer" Preview

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the looking-under-the-hood dept.

Melvin Tong writes "Hardware Extreme has posted a preview of AMD's 8th-generation processor that AMD is currently developing with a few exclusive pics of the mechanical sample. AMD Athlon processors based on Hammer technology are expected to ship in the forth quater of 2002. The preview is located over at HW Extreme."

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  1. not much there.. by kesuki · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A picture of a pure copper CPU mock-up, and then a picture of an evaluation opteron. And about 4 pages of months old regurgitated AMD press releases. I wouldn't really consider this news, since AMD's been showing off the evaluation chip for a few months now.

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  2. Wow. by hatter3bdev · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That was the longest advertisement i've ever read.

  3. Re:AMD Marketeers Rock! by miratrix · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hopefully you do realize that once AMD goes down, Intel will most likely jack up the prices way, way up.

    There are way more "mindless mainstream users" than techies, and without them, there's no AMD. I've rather have them advertise more, charge me extra $5 per chip, and develop a better faster chip through competition that would've cost me extra $50 if AMD wasn't around.

  4. Re:Clearly a reprint of AMD Marketing material by akb · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Agreed. Article is weak on tech, heavy on copy and paste from the marketing material.

    Shoddy journalism.

  5. Doesn't really matter by Rui+del-Negro · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How often do you upgrade the motherboard and the RAM but keep the CPU...?

    As new (faster) memory becomes available, they'll simply update the memory controller on the (new) CPUs (just as they updated the FSB from 100 to 133 to 166 to 200 to 266 and soon to 333 or 400).

    RMN
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