At 16:07 16-2-2001 -0500, John Goethert wrote:
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>Intel's competitor AMD will be unveiling a new chip called Spitfire. In
>their press release they say it is "code-named after the sports car"!
>
>Maybe this is why BMW was renewing Triumph copyrights a while back.
>
>http://zaplet.zaplet.com/servlet/Z?m=2_QA0QiDmrDW7xSPbtXl_fDk4C
Hmmm. looks a bit like rehashing old news. From
http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/duron/faq.html :
Q18: Is the AMD Duron processor what AMD has up until now
referred to as Spitfire? Is there any difference between
Spitfire and the AMD Duron processor?
A18: The AMD Duron processor and Spitfire are identical
products. Spitfire was a code name, and AMD Duron is the
product name.
The Duron has been available for quite a while now...
And from an april 2000 press release found at
http://www.amd.com/news/corppr/20021.html :
During the quarter, AMD introduced the industry's first
1-gigahertz (GHz) PC processor and 850-, 900-, and 950-
megahertz (MHz) versions of the AMD Athlon processor. AMD
also began sampling two new versions of the AMD Athlon
processor family, that incorporate on-chip L2 cache. The
first, code-named "Thunderbird," is targeted at the
performance segment of the PC market. The second, code-named
"Spitfire," is targeted at the value segment. Both products
are planned for shipment later this quarter.
Cheers,
--
Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands
1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/spit.html
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