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| Earlier Athlon 64 live news here 10/27/03 AMD Opteron 140 Starring as AMD Athlon 64 FX-43 - X-bit labs "Clocked at 1.40GHz, AMD Opteron 140 processor has 1MB of L2 cache, dual-channel memory controller and has no architecture differences with AMD Athlon 64 FX-51 processor clocked at 2.20GHz. Performance of this chip is hardly sufficient for gaming applications, but some hardware enthusiasts may want to acquire such processor in order to upgrade to a Socket 940 platform and get an AMD Athlon 64 FX-51 processor eventually" 10/23/03 Firm BOXXes clever with Athlon 64 workstation - the inquirer "While we were at the Athlon64 launch last month, there were a few systems that caught out eye for one reason or another. Most were rather ho-hum, but a few stood out, a lot. The Monarch not-quite-small-form-factor Hornet, the Shuttle SFF Athlon64 box, and the Alienware machine were notable in one way or another amid a sea of beige boxes. One really stood out though, and that was the GameBOXX from BOXX Technologies." 10/21/03 AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Goes Below $400! - X-bit labs "A reason why the AMD Athlon 64 3200+ microprocessors are available for a relatively low price may be the fact that AMD is preparing the launch of a higher-performance AMD Athlon 64 3400+ processor, though, no one at AMD would confirm this information. " 10/19/03 AMD's Athlon FX51 on allocation - the inquirer "Have a look at New Egg's page, Yes Micro, and E Cost. Here in the UK, dabs.com says there may well be availability in less than one week. " 10/15/03 AMD Brings 64-Bit to Mass Market - SD Times "The Athlon 64 model 3000+ is designed for notebook PCs; the model 3200+ is for consumer desktops. Both of these models include a 64-bit memory interface and 1MB of onboard L2 cache, giving a peak 6.4GB/sec I/O bandwidth. The higher-end Athlon 64 FX-51 processor, designed for gamers and for what the company called “cinematic computing,” has a 128-bit memory interface and a 1MB L2 cache, and 12.8GB/sec peak I/O bandwidth." 10/14/03 64-bit AMD fully compatible with Java Desktop System - ITWeb "Sun Microsystems' Java Desktop System will be fully compatible with the AMD Athlon 64 processor, providing an alternative 64-bit desktop platform for demanding workstation computing. According to Sean O'Hare, Java Systems Architect at Sun Microsystems SA, the company will provide both 32- and 64-bit Java Desktop System (JDS) support for the recently announced Athlon 64." 10/09/03 How to Use AMD Cool'n'Quiet "AMD Athlon 64 Cool'n'Quiet Software for Windows ME and Windows 2000, Version 1.0.1.7 - AMD Cool'n'Quiet! Technology allows the system to dynamically and automatically select the CPU speed, Voltage and Power combination that match the instantaneous user perfomance need. These changes can happen as often as 30 times per second." 10/09/03 64-Bit Takes Off - PCWorld "The three Athlon 64 FX-51-based units--from Alienware ($3535), Falcon Northwest ($3245), and Voodoo ($3250)--notched an average PC WorldBench 4 score of 142, the fastest we've seen. ABS' Athlon 64 3200+ PC ($1924) scored 139; Alienware's P4 comparison unit ($3143) earned 126. The scores for three previously tested 32-bit Athlon XP 3200+ PCs averaged 136; seven previously tested 3.2-GHz P4 units earned an average of 127. (Prices above exclude a monitor and speakers.)" 10/07/03 Northgate Innovations Announces New Product to Support the AMD Athlon 64 Processor Northgate Innovations Inc. (OTCBB:NGTE) today announced that Northgate's brand new AMD Athlon 64 systems will be immediately available at Staples and Costco through both retailers' Web sites at www.staples.com and www.costco.com. Northgate's products will feature the state-of-the-art AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor, and include 1 GB of DDR memory and a 160 GB hard drive. 10/06/03 On AMD Athlon 64 Production Ramp in 2004 - X-bit labs "As you may notice, AMD currently has at least two options for boosting performance of its mainstream microprocessors next year: the company may try to tangibly heighten the clock-speed of its Socket 754 chips with x86-64 (AMD64) and continue to offer this product-line for mainstream and performance-mainstream customers, or to ramp up the production of Socket 939 chips addressing all segments from mainstream to high-end. Currently it is more likely that AMD will in generally concentrate on Socket 939 chips, but will also unveil an affordable 90nm chip in Socket 754 form-factor with AMD64 instructions. At least, the volume of Socket 754 chips in Q2 next year suggests that there will be something else than mobile and cost-effective CPUs in such form-factor" 10/06/03 AMD 64 'sold out already' - computing ""The product is going to come through but in small quantities to start with. I'm sure AMD will be able to ramp up production fast to cope with the demand." The chips will appeal initially to enthusiasts, early adopters and gamers, arriving in time for the Christmas rush. Among the big PC brands supporting the new processor, Fujitsu Siemens and Packard Bell have already announced Athlon 64 systems, with HP planning to introduce one in the fourth quarter." 10/03/03 Taiwan Inc unhappy about six layer Athlon 64 boards - the inquirer "Ding! There's the motherboard cost factor again. If you put four sockets on the motherboard (the norm for Opteron-class motherboards), it makes the trace layouts very very hard to get satisfactory for non-registered DIMMs with four sockets in close proximity, especially with the 940-style signal layout. There is nothing stopping somebody taking an 940 pin socket design and tweaking it for non-registered mode. This probably means losing DIMM sockets or adding layers in order to keep the trace lengths down." 09/30/03 AMD to Support Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 on AMD Athlon 64 "AMD today announced support for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 on AMD Athlon 64 processors based on AMD64 technology. Desktop and mobile systems based on AMD processors provide the performance users need to enjoy digital entertainment according to their taste, schedule and location. AMD64 technology enables immersive audio and video features for cinematic computing. Cinematic computing is an evolutionary journey toward a destination where mind-blowing 3-D games reach a new level of realism, and experiencing digital media is quick, effortless and real-time. " 09/30/03 DivXNetworks Announces DivX Video Technology to Support the AMD Athlon 64 DivXNetworks, Inc. today announced that the company’s revolutionary, patent-pending DivX video compression technology will support the newly-launched AMD Athlon 64 processor. Additionally AMD has licensed a newly produced version of Dr. DivX for AMD Athlon 64 processor users. The new version of the official DivX video encoding application, called Dr. DivX: AMD64 Edition, is planned to be distributed for a limited time as part of a special program to customers who purchase the AMD Athlon 64 FX processor in a box (“PIB”) or AMD Athlon 64 FX processor-based systems. 09/30/03 SuSE rolls out Linux Desktop 9.0 - InfoWorld "Version 9.0 also includes a new feature called SuSE System Doctor, a rescue system for restoring the system after an unintentional destruction of any system-critical files. As in previous versions of the product, Version 9.0 includes the company's Yet Another Setup Tool (YaST) system assistant, and Samba 2.2.8a aiding less experienced users and programmers to network together Linux and Windows. " 09/29/03 Latest AMD chip set to give a hard-core boost - The Nation "Thailand is one of AMD's three "regional strategic markets", along with China and India, due to the continued growth of the PC market here. While the new chips are also aimed at home users, one IT industry observer believes relatively few would adopt them anytime soon." 09/29/03 From a P4 3GHz to an Athlon64, my experiences and impressions - abxzone Athlon64 is a great CPU and a true revolution however it's real impact has yet to be seen since we're using the good ol 32bit environment. Even as such the CPU is awesome and it's without out a doubt faster then my Pentium4 3GHz system and at the same time being a LOT cooler and smoother to the "feel". Stability remains the same and it worked at first try not 4 boards and a green light. I was extremely happy with my Pentium4 system but I'm even happier with this system. It does what I use it for even faster then the Pentium and the best part is guyz.. It's going to do it even faster next year. So for the same price as a 3.2Ghz P4 chunking at 65c or a cooler Athlon64 which is just waiting to be unleashed the choice is simple for me.. This one is a keeper" 09/29/03 64-bit computers shine -- but not because of 64 bits - South Bend Tribune "So what's the big deal about bits? A 32-bit processor can handle up to 4 billion bytes of memory -- an amount rarely approached in ordinary desktop computing today. By comparison, a 64-bit chip can address 18 billion billion bytes." 09/28/03 Tests of AMD's 64-bit PCs: Fastest yet - CNN Initial tests by PC World magazine show that 32-bit software runs "very well" on the Athlon 64 machines. "These systems produced some of the fastest test results we've seen," the magazine said on its Web site PCWorld.com. Intel, whose processors still ship with higher speeds than AMD's new offerings, says the PC market is not yet ready for the switch and 32-bit chips have not reached their limits. 09/27/03 Microsoft To Support AMD, Intel 64-Bit Chips - Grid Today "Microsoft Corp on Tuesday unveiled a version of its Windows XP operating system for Advanced Micro Devices Inc's new Athlon 64 processor and said the system would also work with a 64-bit desktop chip from Intel Corp if the company develops one" 09/27/03 Desktop Competitive Performance Guide - AMD 09/27/03 AMD Athlon 64 Based Notebook PC Review - Digit-Life 09/27/03 AMD Athlon 64 launch party coverage - Sudhian 09/27/03 Athlon 64 without heatspreader photos - T-break 09/27/03 Athlon 64 Chipset Comparison: ALi, Nvidia, VIA - AMD Zone 09/27/03 Motherboard makers show high interest in ULi’s K8 chipsets - DigiTimes "ULi Electronics is set to debut in December the world’s first single-chip solution for the Athlon 64 from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Called the M1689, the new chip will replace the company’s existing M1687 north bridge and M1563 south bridge chips. ULi president Alex Kuo claimed that the M1689 will save customers 30% of costs, when compared to discrete solutions, and that many motherboard manufacturers are showing a keen interest in it." 09/27/03 Leadtek presents WinFast K8 series mobos for Athlon 64 CPU - DigiTimes "The WinFast K8 series of motherboards include the WinFast K8N/Pro, K8N FX/Pro, K8NW/Pro and three other models. They can support the latest AMD Athlon 64 FX and Opteron series CPUs (Sockets 754 and 940)." 09/26/03 Athlon 64 support high, chips low - ITNews "At launch, AMD expects to have approximately 80,000 chips available, with 400,000 released by the end of the year. In the meantime, AMD distributors in Australia are expecting big demand for the chips and don’t expect any major supply issues" 09/26/03 RSA Security Announces Support for the AMD Athlon 64 Processor Family RSA BSAFE Crypto-C 6.1 encryption software is designed to provide significant performance improvements for real-world, 64-bit applications including secure transactions on heavily loaded servers and encryption/decryption. RSA BSAFE software also supports the AMD64 platform, offering users a native, smooth transition from 32-bit to 64-bit computing. For example, RSA BSAFE Crypto-C 6.1 encryption and decryption operations demonstrate a performance improvement of 1.5 to 3 times more than the number of operations per second achieved with RSA BSAFE Crypto-C 6.0.3 software (32-bit)." 09/26/03 HCL, Wipro, Zenith to ship AMD's 64-bit processor - Times of India "HCL Infosystems, Wipro and Zenith have decided to ship PCs with AMD's newest Athlon 64-bit processor, a move that would enable Intel's smaller competitor to be on a firmer footing in India than it has been so far. In fact, AMD had Microsoft India at the launch on Friday, as a leading software partner that would support its 64-bit processor." 09/26/03 Sun figures in Athlon 64 mystery - the inquirer "A large part of Sun's business is in workstations. The Athlon 64 FX is ideal for single processor workstations. It's fast, it's 64bit and it would take very little effort to get Solaris ported to it. It fills a weak spot in Sun's armoury, where single-processor SPARC machines just aren't clocking high enough to compete with competitors' Intel based offerings. And, because it's only a single processor capable chip, Athlon 64 doesn't interfere with Sun's more lucrative multiprocessor offerings." 09/26/03 Microsoft hypes Windows XP 64bit Edition for Athlon - the inquirer "Coupled with a top-of-the-range nVidia graphics card, an Athlon 64 FX running a 32bit version of UT2003 on 64bit Windows cranked out 279FPS in Flyby and 93FPS in Botmatch. That was pretty much exactly the same speed as it achieved running on 32bit Windows. Just to give some comparison, Dave had an XP3200+ run the UT benchmark too, that managed 197 and 71FPS. It would be interesting to see how much of a boost a 64bit version of UT would give." 09/26/03 Why Intel's Prescott will use AMD64 extensions - the inquirer "So, why is this again? Simple, MS. Microsoft will not support a different 64 bit platform, and frankly I don't blame it, it costs a lot of money to do that. MS gave Intel the choice, support AMD's instruction set, or do without Windows. MS won that battle pretty handily. " 09/26/03 Sun's Java Desktop System Supports AMD Athlon 64 Processor - N&S "AMD has collaborated with Sun to bring 32- and 64-bit desktop support to the enterprise on AMD64 technology," said Rich Heye, vice president and general manager of AMD's Microprocessor Business Unit. "The Java Desktop System on the AMD Athlon 64 processor will provide enterprise customers performance and scalability in either 32- or 64-bit environments, and delivers the interoperability between Linux, Solaris and Windows environments - extending our shared customers' investments." 09/26/03 Athlon 64 sockets explained - the inquirer "Mike Goddard, AMD Director of Technical Marketing of the firm's Computation Products Group, explained it in a way that it has left almost as many questions unanswered. But the long and the short of it is that Socket 940 requires a 6 to 9 layer motherboard and Socket 939 only requires a 4 layer design, making the motherboards much cheaper for chips using the latter. " 09/26/03 AMD-hosted WLAN used to infect security hack's PC - The Register AMD would like you to know that its mobile Athlon 64 goes very nicely with 802.11 wireless networking. And in a bid to get hacks assembled at its Cannes launch event this week to think 'wireless', the chip maker thoughtfully laid on a WLAN for them to use to quickly file column inches for their respective rags" 09/25/03 nVENTIV Mach II: The Athlon 64 FX at 2.8 GHz - Ace's Hardware "Thus Prescott should be around 4.9 GHz before it beats the Athlon 64 FX at 2.8 GHz. Takes this all with a grain of salt, of course, since Prescott is not the same as a Pentium 4 EE as we explained earlier, but looking at 2.8 GHz numbers it seems that the integrated memory controller is a weapon that becomes more dangerous at higher clock speeds." 09/25/03 Details Emerge on Plans for AMD's Athlon 64 Chips - eWeek "On Wednesday, HP executives said that the company didn't anticipate any supply issues with the chip. HP will deploy the Athlon 64 in configure-to-order desktops through the end of the year, then launch selected HP Pavilion and Compaq Presario notebooks in the second and third quarters of 2004. Unfortunately, AMD released the chip after HP had already planned its fall PC lineup, once HP source said. " 09/25/03 Overclocked Pentium 4 Extreme Edition trounced by Athlon FX-51 system - the inquirer "On the other hand, AMD's chip will leap ahead of Intel's 32-bit spoiler when running a 64-bit operating system with 64-bit apps. Intel's claim to The INQUIRER, that the P4 hyperthreading Extreme Edition would be the "fastest chip available from any manufacturer this year" has fallen flat on its virtual face. Sorry guys." Older Athlon 64 live news here |