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AMD64 ex x86-64 - see AMD64 Special

Apple
04/23/03 Apple and AMD working together - The Register
03/14/03 Apple's x86 plans don't include AMD - the inquirer
07/22/02 Will Apple use Hammer for Apple Macs? - the inquirer

Architecture - see also 64-bit Special
10/15/04 AMD Athlon64 - 64-bit vs. 32-bit Head On Comparison - PC stats
02/18/04 The AMD K8 Architecture - CPUID
02/17/04 Are Intel's and AMD's 64-bit Approaches Compatible? - X-bit labs
02/16/04 AMD K8 - Part 3: Structure - x86-secret
01/25/04 AMD Athlon 64-Bit Processors - Overclockers Club
12/27/03 Athlon 64 and Opteron dual-core explained - the inquirer
09/23/03 64 Athlon and Athlon 64 FX: technical analysis - Hardware Upgrade
09/23/03 AMD64: AMDs 64bit-Architektur - K-Hardware
09/21/03 Understanding the detailed Architecture of AMD's 64 bit Core - Chip Architect
09/17/03 Athlon 64 and AMD's 64-bit technology - PC stats
06/01/03 Facts & Assumptions about the Architecture of AMD Opteron and Athlon 64 - Digit-life
10/27/02 Facts & Assumptions about the Architecture of AMD Opteron - Digit-Life
01/01/02 Hammering x86 into the 64 bit World - Real World Technologies
11/01/01 Why is Hammer the strongest x86 processor - PC Watch
10/23/01 AMD's Hammer Architecture - Making Sense of it All - AnandTech
10/17/01 Hammer Analysis - VHJ
10/17/01 AMD's x86-64 technology: K8 "hammer" - 3d Center
08/09/00 AMD's 64 bit x86 "Hammer" - CPUreview

Award
02/17/03 AMD Athlon 64 processor named ‘Best PC Processor’ by Microprocessor Report

BIOS
09/03/23 Insyde Software supplies BIOS support for the AMD Athlon 64 Processor

Chipset - see Chipset Special

Commercial
06/05/02 Rumored early K8 may not help sales much - DigiTimes
04/25/02 Clawhammer prices projected - the inquirer

Cooling - see Cooling Special

Corporate
07/01/02 AMD Touts Hammer Chip Advantages - NewsFactor
10/30/01 Hammer attack to propel AMD into corporate space - the inquirer
07/25/00 Compaq to intro AMD Sledgehammer servers - The Register

DDR & DDRII -> Memory

Future - see AMD Roadmap Special

Hammer - see AMD64

HyperTransport Technology - see HyperTransport Special
10/21/01 AMD's Clawhammer: The HT mystery - the inquirer

Intel (Hammer vs. Itanium) see Hammer Special and Opteron Special
02/27/03 Intel takes on AMD Athlon 64 with Prescott 3.40GHz chip - the inquirer

Laptop - Athlon 64-M - see Athlon Notebook Special
07/15/03 nVidia to make Athlon64 notebook chipset - the inquirer
02/19/03 AMD shows off mobile Athlon 64 - the inquirer
01/13/03 Intel shaves mobile chip prices - CNET

Linux - nVidia drivers here
08/06/02 Mandrake Linux 9.0 beta 2 offers x86-64 support - AMDboard
03/06/02 Alan Cox hails 64-bit Linux - ZDNet UK

Memory
03/27/03 AMD Athlon 64 to support PC3200 DDR SDRAM Memory? - X-bit labs
01/14/03 Athlon 64 memory controller has to evolve - the inquirer
02/22/02 No RAMBUS for Hammer - VHJ

Mobile -> Laptop

Motherboard see Athlon 64 motherboards

Name
04/15/02 Hammer Names: 'Athlon Pro 64' is the One - VHJ

Notebook -> Laptop

Opinions
08/28/02 Thoughts on AMD's Hammer chip - the inquirer
08/02/02 Linus Leans On Intel - CRN
07/22/02 AMD Answers the 64-Bit Question - Wired
07/17/02 Panel debates the merits of Itanium - Infoworld
04/17/02 The Next Alpha - Overclockers
04/09/02 Giant killing: The 64-bit desktop - the inquirer
03/05/02 Itanium Conundrum Dept. - PC Magazine

OPN & ID see AMD64 OPN & ID Special

Opteron see Opteron Special

Overclocking see Overclocking Special

Performances
05/12/03 French magazine claims first "real" Athlon 64's review - AMDboard
04/18/03 AMD Athlon 64 Performance Preview - X-bit labs
03/14/03 Athlon 64 gets benchmarked - the inquirer
12/27/02 Athlon 64 SPEC scores for SSE2 - Geek - chart from c't
12/26/02 Athlon 64 and the "tainted benchmark" - the inquirer
12/23/02 Initial Measurements of the Performance of an Athlon 64 Prototype - C't
03/02/02 Clawhammer 20-25% faster than Athlon - info satellite

Porting x86 to x86-64
06/25/02 The Ottawa Kernel Summit, Day One - LWN

Power management
03/14/03 Semtech Supports AMD 64-bit Processors - Electronic News

Previews - see Athlon 64 previews and reviews

Reviews - see Athlon 64 previews and reviews

Roadmap - see AMD Roadmap Special

Softwares - Epic UT2003 - IBM DB2
01/22/03 Math Library support from Numerical Algorithm Group for AMD Athlon 64
11/20/02 AMD and Epic Demonstrate 64-bit Unreal Tournament 2003 - HA - Photo 1
10/29/02 Blackdown Offers Java Support for the Upcoming AMD Athlon 64
07/16/02 IBMs data base DB2 is "hammer ready" - Heise
03/15/02 SuSE makes a grab for Hammer - CNET
11/02/01 2.4.9 Based x86-64 Linux Kernel Snapshot Released
10/16/01 AMD's next-generation hammer family of processors passes another major milestone
08/15/00 Linux companies go for AMD's Hammer - ZD Net.uk
06/22/00 NetBSD Ported to AMD x86-64 (Sledgehammer) - Slashdot

Specifications
11/27/02 Hammer to hold 100 million transistors - CNET
10/25/02 AMD to support DDR-II in future Hammer processors - ebnews
09/24/02 Clawhammer will be cool! - Overclockers
03/16/02 AMDs hammer - 40 % faster than Athlon XP? - Golem
02/03/02 AMD Hammer Processor and Server Strategy - Edge Report
01/24/02 Clawhammer - more speculation here - the inquirer
10/23/01 Hammer, nails and heads - c't
10/18/01 AMD at MPF: Hammering Open Bottlenecks - VHJ
10/16/01 AMD provides a glimpse of Hammer MPU - EE times
10/15/01 Hammer at Microprocessor Forum 2001 - Impress Watch
10/06/00 AMD Bob Minton PC Watch Interview - Japan to English translation - jc-news

Speed
06/19/02 Itanium 2 and Hammer: Speed semantics - ZD Net
06/05/02 Motherboard Maker Hints at Hammer Speed - PC World
05/01/02 Sanders says Hammer to launch at 2GHz - the inquirer

SSE2 (Streaming SIMD2 Extensions) - Specifications
12/29/02 Athlon 64 still better with Intels SSE2 - Heise

Support
08/11/00 Will Hammer get the support it needs? - ZDNet UK

Windows - see also AMD & Microsoft Special & Windows XP 64-Bit
04/02/03 MS Anvil for AMD chips will narrow Intel's choices - the inquirer
04/02/03 Microsoft calls AMD X86-64 operating system Anvil - the inquirer
03/26/03 Microsoft, AMD... A love story? - AMDboard
03/05/03 Is the Wintel alliance falling apart? - the inquirer
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