AMD To Introduce 32-bit CPU For K8 Motherboards

KingFishKingFish
edited April 2004 in Science & Tech
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) aims to strengthen its position in the entry-level processor market by introducing a 32-bit CPU, codenamed Athlon XP Paris, in the third quarter of this year, according to sources at Taiwanese motherboard makers.
The 754-pin Paris will be targeted for the desktop and will be fully based on the K8 micro-architecture, with 256KB of L2 cache, but will not support AMD64, i.e. x86-64 technology, said the sources. With the introduction of the Athlon XP Paris, AMD’s existing Athlon XP Socket A/462 processors will be gradually phased out, the sources said. The Athlon XP Paris is also pin-to-pin compatible with the Athlon 64 processor, so local motherboard makers can use the same chipsets and/or boards to support both the high-end 64-bit processors and the entry-level 32-bit processors, said the sources.
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Source: DigiTimes

Comments

  • TemplarTemplar You first.
    edited April 2004
    This bodes well for those of us with slimmer wallets :D Hopefully they OC well. I really want to get an nForce3 250Gb board with one of these. Then I can later upgrade to 64bit once the market has matured. Very good move AMD.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited April 2004
    I thought thats what was going to happen to socket 754 with the FX on 939 and opteron on 940.
  • MediaManMediaMan Powered by loose parts.
    edited April 2004
    Well it is on the AMD processor roadmap for 2H04.


    http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_608,00.html


    It is only logical to move away from socket 462 to extend the life of XP. Having socket 462, socket 754, socket 939 and socket 940 on the market is one socket too many. Motherboard manufacturers would hate it having to continue to develop so many different configurations.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Very saavy move by AMD. These are the kinds of moves that cause growth. It's called corporate agility.
  • MediaManMediaMan Powered by loose parts.
    edited April 2004
    The future is pretty hazy in the AMD crystal ball. We know that there will be a K8 chipset with PCI Express. There is rumor of the Newcastle which allegdly has 512 KB of L2 cache and is made in the 130 nm process. Apparently for socket 754 and 939. There's scuttlebutt about a 90 nm version too called Winchester which will succeed Newcastle.

    San Diego, formerly known as Clawhammer-S, is rumored to be the 939 pin processor. (4400+) It's an Athlon 64 FX processor.

    Don't know about this one...Venus...a single processor hammer chip with three HyperTransport llinks on 90 nm.


    Want to throw a dart at the proverbial dartboard? AMK K9? Continuance of Opteron under the code names Egypt, Italy and Denmark. Nothing much more than that.

    Okay...so theres' Victoria too. Duron version of San Diego...90nm process and 256 kb of L2 cache.


    Besides the processor speed wars a new front may open up called "Bus Wars" especially with Intel bumbling about a 1200 MHz (or a 4 GHz bus..rumored) Wild rumor has that one starting at 9.60 GHz and moving 1o GHz +...but that's 2006-2007.


    Fun.
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited April 2004
    4400+!!!!!!!!

    KingFish
  • gtghmgtghm New
    edited April 2004
    I wonder if it might not be seen as a bandaid.

    One could argue that by AMD puting out a 32 bit verion of the same socket as the 64 would be a sign that the 64 bit market isn't moving as expected.
    Looking from the outside in it appears that the chipset and driver support is slow to the masses not to mention the lack of a completed robust XP like 64bit OS.

    I think the non-entheusists market has yet to show a real lust for the 64bit plat form, reason being is that for now there is no clear advantage to them to make the move...

    After all, right now a 64bit system will certianly do all of the things that a 32 bit system will do. Yet at the same time, currently there isn't a progy or application that just plain won't run on 32 bit that everyone thinks they need... Until we see a shift in programming to make the applications to cumbersome to be run efficent;y on 32 bit I doubt that the main market will go for it....

    By making a 32 bit CPU that is interchangeable I think that they hope to get more people to bite and take the bait on a future upgrade after there are more applications and a complete robust OS like XP in 64 bit that can take full advantage of the technology...

    So in that reguard I think that it shows a merkeyness in the 64bit market and can be seen as a hopefull bandaid...

    Just a thought,
    "g"
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