E3 2000 Report

Giga what?
These days, Gigahertz is the buzz word around the two CPU giants. AMD is also committed to providing processor solutions for ALL markets. This, of course, will include the higher-end server market, which will be a first for AMD. One of the main focuses during the AMD meeting was their branding. "Athlon is here to stay" is the impression that was delivered to us. Athlon's main competitors are the Pentium III and at some point this year, Willamette. Duron, AMD's new competition for the Celeron is going to be directed at the home and business value market. K6-2 is still there as well as other competitive solutions.

Duron was another area of key focus. AMD is quite proud of this new entry into the CPU market. The Duron will feature the same 200 Mhz FSB as the Athlon, along with Full speed on chip cache. The plan for Duron is, of course, to eventually phase out the K6-2 processor at the lower clock speeds. Duron should be out in June sometime.