AMD Kills Athlon XP

KingFishKingFish
edited November 2004 in Science & Tech
The AMD Athlon XP brand is dead in the water, according to AMD's new processor roadmap, as the company migrates all of its CPU production to 90nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) processes in early 2005.
According to the report, AMD is all geared up to release its next-generation processors in the first half of next year. They'll be based on the 90nm Palermo core and code-named Sempron - both desktop and mobile versions will be produced.

The chip company will also boost output of its Athlon 64 processors to 65 per cent of its total CPU production in the second quarter of 2005, with the proportion of 939-pin chips higher than the 754-pin parts, the sources said, citing the AMD roadmap.

AMD will also unveil its dual-core server chips, codenamed Egypt, Italy and Denmark, in the second half of 2005 as planned, matching Intel’s roadmap for dual-core CPUs. A desktop dual-core chip, codenamed Toledo, will launch at the same time. Meanwhile, OEMs of mobile hardware will benefit from Albany and Roma - the latter to be a low-voltage processor.
I'll surely miss the athlon xp. -KF

Source: TechWorld

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    What a great line of processors....
  • Crusty
    edited November 2004
    We can always use them to run BSD!
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Crusty (Guest) wrote:
    We can always use them to run BSD!

    ... :hrm:
  • KometeKomete Member
    edited November 2004
    I'm sticking with my xp for another year :)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    I'll be using it until spring myself.
  • TBonZTBonZ Ottawa, ON Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    I'll still probably be using mine at this time next year. :wtf:
  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    I will not be saying farewell to my XP for a while, just upgraded to a 2800 in June! Long live the bestest processor evar :leet:
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Don't have much of a reason to upgrade yet. Still waiting for the perfect 754 or 939 board. In no big hurry :)
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Gargoyle wrote:
    Don't have much of a reason to upgrade yet. Still waiting for the perfect 754 or 939 board. In no big hurry :)
    Same here but 939 only! I don't intend to get rid of any of my XP's when I move up to A64 but keep them as folders till they die. :cool:
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited November 2004
    My next upgrade isn't planned till September 2005, so my good old XP 3200+ has got plenty of time left to hold onto the position of being in my primary rig.

    The Athlon XP's were simply great chips, right back to the Palomino core, and they just got better and better, ending up with the Barton line which really couldn't have been a more fitting swan song.
  • JustinJustin Atlanta
    edited November 2004
    Xp 4 Evar!!!!!
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited November 2004
    2500+ XP-M running @ 2.5GHz. Does everything I've asked it to do thus far without seeming slow. That will probably change if I start doing video on it but that'll only happen if I get the time. I don't see myself upgrading for at least a year, possibly more unless I'm forced to via hardware failure.
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