AMD ATHLON(tm) XP PROCESSOR 2800+ WILL BOOST PERFORMANCE
FOR GAMERS AND PC ENTHUSIASTS
New Faster Front-side Bus Will Enable AMD Athlon(tm) XP
Processor 2800+ to Pack Powerful Performance Punch on Real-World Applications
SUNNYVALE, CA-OCT. 1, 2002- AMD (NYSE: AMD) today
announced Fall availability of the world's highest performing PC processor, the
AMD Athlon(tm) XP processor 2800+ featuring an advanced 333 front-side bus (FSB).
With data throughput gains of up to 25 percent, the AMD Athlon XP processor
2800+ will boost performance across the board on real-world applications. AMD
also announced Fall availability of the AMD Athlon XP processor 2700+ with the
advanced 333 FSB. Limited edition desktop systems featuring the AMD Athlon XP
processor 2800+ targeted at PC enthusiasts and gamers are expected to be
available in late November exclusively from premier enthusiast PC manufacturers
ABS, Alienware, Falcon Northwest, MicronPC and Voodoo PC. "Digital
entertainment, particularly gaming, is driving the need for innovative
technology to enhance the overall computing experience for today's PC users,"
said Ed Ellett, AMD vice president of Client Business. "The AMD Athlon XP
processor 2800+ with its advanced 333 FSB is the ultimate processor for PC
customers who demand the highest levels of performance." "With Unreal Tournament
2003, we've raised the bar and delivered a game that allows PC users to turn up
the detail high enough to challenge the most powerful personal computer systems
available," said Mark Rein, vice president, Epic Games Inc. "The AMD Athlon XP
processor 2800+ is totally up to the challenge. It will deliver the kind of
awesome performance demanded by most serious gamers." AMD partners with
industry-leading graphics solutions and chipset developers to help ensure that
platforms based on AMD Athlon XP processors provide customers with world-class
system performance. The AMD Athlon XP processors 2800+ and 2700+ combined with
such innovations as AGP 8X and PC3200 DDR SDRAM will deliver exceptional
software performance.
"Our nForce2 platform processors were designed to
support AMD's faster 333 FSB, and we are truly amazed with the performance of
the new AMD Athlon XP processors 2800+ and 2700+," said Drew Henry, general
manager of platform business at NVIDIA. "nForce2-based systems and motherboards
featuring NVIDIA and AMD processors will offer consumers the perfect blend of
price and performance, and deliver a platform primed to take advantage of
today's popular digital media and business applications." "The VIA Apollo KT400
chipset is engineered to take full advantage of the new AMD Athlon XP processors
2700+ and 2800+ with the advanced 333 FSB, delivering the maximum 2.7GB/s of
memory bandwidth to the processor," said Richard Brown, director of marketing,
VIA Technologies, Inc. "As the only Socket A chipset with AGP 8X currently
available in the marketplace, the KT400 will be the chipset platform of choice
for gamers and enthusiasts looking to upgrade to the new advanced 333 FSB
enabled processors." Availability
Limited edition desktop systems featuring the AMD Athlon
XP processor 2800+ are expected to be available in late November exclusively
from premier enthusiast PC manufacturers ABS, Alienware, Falcon NW, MicronPC and
Voodoo PC.
AMD has begun shipping samples of the AMD Athlon XP
processors 2800+ and 2700+ to computer manufacturers for system availability
expected in late November.
Pricing
The AMD Athlon XP processors 2800+ and 2700+ will be
priced at $397 and $349, respectively, in 1,000-unit quantities. For pricing on
other AMD processors, please visit:
http://www.amd.com/pricing.
About the AMD Athlon(tm) XP Processor
The AMD Athlon XP processor features QuantiSpeed(tm)
architecture, 384KB of on-chip, full-speed cache, and support for AMD's
3DNow!(tm) Professional instructions for enhanced multimedia capabilities. The
AMD Athlon XP processor is compatible with AMD's Socket A infrastructure, and
supports the advanced 266 or 333 front-side bus (FSB). AMD Athlon XP processors
are manufactured using AMD's 0.13 micron copper process technology in Fab 30 in
Dresden, Germany.
About AMD
AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the
personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing
facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and
Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices,
and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in
1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion in
2001. (NYSE: AMD).
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