AMD, HP & a Athlon XP 2.33ghz (3200+)?!?
Omega65
Philadelphia, Pa
<a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11347" target=_blank>The Inq: HP touts highest clocked Athlon XP chip to date </a>
HEWLETT PACKARD'S quick spec page for its nForce2-based d325 business class PC shows an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ processor that supports a 333 FSB (166 MHz DDR). <b>To compensate for this slower bus, instead of the 400 version that normally accompanies this model, the frequency has been increased to 2.33 GHz</b>, which would make it the highest frequency Athlon product that AMD has shipped to date.
This processor is not currently available as a configurable option. So is it for real? Will HP make it available at some future date? This could of course be a typo, but the frequency nicely matches a multiplier setting of 14 (166.666 x 14 = 2333). For a 400 FSB, the multiplier setting would be an inconvenient 11.67 (2333 \ 200 = 11.67). Multiplier settings normally end as whole or half numbers, so this adds credibility that this part could be for real. Also, for logistics and support reasons it would be far easier for HP to ship all of its d325 business PCs with DDR333 memory, as HP's quick spec page shows, instead of having two or more memory types to worry about - that is, DDR266 and DDR400.
<b>Will AMD launch an Athlon MP 3000+?</b>
AMD's flagship Athlon MP 2800+ dual processor ships with a 266 FSB and a frequency of 2.13 GHz. Using this FSB and a multiplier of 17.5, it would be possible for AMD to deliver an Athlon MP 3000+ at 2.33 GHz, the same frequency as the touted HP device, which would give it a 9.4% faster clock speed than the current top-of-the-line offering.
The maximum thermal power that has been specified for an Athlon MP processor is 66 W. Today's top model only generates 60 W. So it looks like AMD has sufficient thermal room to make a 3000+ model doable.
<a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11347" target=_blank>MUCH more here</a>
HEWLETT PACKARD'S quick spec page for its nForce2-based d325 business class PC shows an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ processor that supports a 333 FSB (166 MHz DDR). <b>To compensate for this slower bus, instead of the 400 version that normally accompanies this model, the frequency has been increased to 2.33 GHz</b>, which would make it the highest frequency Athlon product that AMD has shipped to date.
This processor is not currently available as a configurable option. So is it for real? Will HP make it available at some future date? This could of course be a typo, but the frequency nicely matches a multiplier setting of 14 (166.666 x 14 = 2333). For a 400 FSB, the multiplier setting would be an inconvenient 11.67 (2333 \ 200 = 11.67). Multiplier settings normally end as whole or half numbers, so this adds credibility that this part could be for real. Also, for logistics and support reasons it would be far easier for HP to ship all of its d325 business PCs with DDR333 memory, as HP's quick spec page shows, instead of having two or more memory types to worry about - that is, DDR266 and DDR400.
<b>Will AMD launch an Athlon MP 3000+?</b>
AMD's flagship Athlon MP 2800+ dual processor ships with a 266 FSB and a frequency of 2.13 GHz. Using this FSB and a multiplier of 17.5, it would be possible for AMD to deliver an Athlon MP 3000+ at 2.33 GHz, the same frequency as the touted HP device, which would give it a 9.4% faster clock speed than the current top-of-the-line offering.
The maximum thermal power that has been specified for an Athlon MP processor is 66 W. Today's top model only generates 60 W. So it looks like AMD has sufficient thermal room to make a 3000+ model doable.
<a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11347" target=_blank>MUCH more here</a>
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Also the article is wrong about the clockspeed of a MP 3000+
MP 2800+ 2.133ghz (16x)
MP 2900+ 2.200ghz (16.5x)
MP 3000+ 2.266ghz (17x)
MP 3100+ 2.333ghz (17.5x)
MP 3200+ 2.400ghz (18x)