AMD Confirms 'Applebred' Launch

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited August 2003 in Science & Tech
AMD has now confirmed the existence of the 'Applebred' (not 'Appalbred') CPU, which will carry the Duron brand name. The new CPU will be equipped with just 64KB of on-die L2 cache and a 266MHz frontside bus.

The chip will come in three flavours, 1.4, 1.6 and 1.8GHz.
Essentially, the chips will be targeted at the world's less wealthy nations where price is more important that performance. In the US, Europe and the Far East, where AMD is perceived as a provider of high-performance processors, the Duron range has been less successful than AMD's supporters might expect. However, in territories where having the latest, fastest systems is much less important, the Duron family has proved more popular than it is over here. Hence the need to maintain the line using the new core.

Baker said the three Applebred chips would not be explicitly offered in more mature PC markets, but if customers want them, they can have them.

AMD roadmaps have for some time signalled the demise of the Duron brand, replacing future chips in the family with the message 'according to market demand'. Clearly, that means some territories rather than others.
Source - The Register

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Comments

  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited August 2003
    That sucks that it will only have 64k L2 cache. Thats like worse than a Celeron.
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited August 2003
    It certainly is a bit measly, especially in this day and age and when compared to what the Bartons are packing.
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    lol..."Applebred"

    They need to get new people to come up with these names. Something like.....Destructicon or 1337ness.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Old duron core is Appaloosa, new core is thoroughbred. Appalbred looks dumb. Applebred looks..Dumb, but slightly better.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited August 2003
    When I first saw this I wondered if it was an Apple Compatible processor.

    What messed things up for the Duron line was that you could get a real Athlon for not much more - and way less than a Pentium-whatever.

    Sucks to be third-world...
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