Athlon XP 1700+ to 2800+: June 2002
to October 2002
AMD piles on the pressure with Thoroughbred: the
Thoroughbred "B" contains eight rather than seven layers, which had
been the norm for the Thoroughbred "A". Moreover, there were
differences in the speed of the FSB. The XP 1700+ to XP 2400+ ran at
133 MHz, while the XP 2600+ and XP 2800+ were capable of utilizing
166 MHz. The last CPU mentioned here has not reached the shops,
although samples have been issued to the press.
Athlon XP 2200+ with
Thoroughbred B core.
Athlon XP 2500+ to 3000+:
January 2003 to Date
The last evolutionary stage of the AMD Athlon was
reached with the introduction of the Barton core. Compared with its
predecessor, the L2 cache was doubled to 512 KB and its clock speed
was reduced at the same time. The number of transistors has now
reached 54.3 million and thermal dissipation is 74.3 W. For the
first time within a processor generation, AMD has reduced CPU
performance compared with a previous model (XP 2800+).
Does it exist or not? AMD Athlon
XP 2800+ for 166 MHz FSB and 256 KB L2 cache.
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