Athlon 64 Pushed Back to September

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday January 31, 2003 @05:30AM from the hold-your-breath dept.

Orion writes "AMD confirmed today that their new Athlon 64 will indeed be pushed back to September. Originally planned to be released in April or May, AMD has decided to put all of its brainpower into the launch of the 64-bit Opteron, which is still scheduled to be released on April 22. This article explains that AMD is still going to try to get a few more Athlon XP processors out before the Athlon 64 hits stores. The 3000+ has a planned February 10 release date, and the 3200+ should be out by the middle of the year according to the article."

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AMD is waiting for Microsoft by dtjohnson · 2003-01-31 05:42 · Score: 5, Insightful

A story in the inquirer
says AMD is "waiting for the introduction of a suitable 64-bit operating
system. This, The INQUIRER believes, is the Windows 64 bit version specifically
for the Athlon64."

How many companies have died while waiting for Microsoft
to do something? (Note to AMD: Microsoft is *not* your friend.)