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Athlon 4 And MP To Get XP Speed Features
News The features that collectively make up what AMD calls its Quantispeed technology, launched on Tuesday in the Athlon XP processor, will migrate to the mobile Athlon 4 and to the Athlon MP multiprocessor chips early next year.
[October 10, 2001, 11:30]
AMD Speeds Up Server Chips
News The Athlon MP 2600+ can fit into one- and two-processor servers and workstations. ConocoPhillips, for instance, uses Athlon MP servers in its seismic imaging department. The Athlon MP 2600+ will cost $273, or about £167, in 1,000 unit quantities.
[February 4, 2003, 7:30]
AMD Upgrades Multi-processing Athlons
News AMD has bumped up the speed of its multi-processor Athlon MP, designed for dual-processor workstations and servers. The Athlon MP 2100+ running at 1.733GHz succeeds the Athlon MP 2000+, running at 1.67GHz, as AMD's fastest multi-processor chip.
[June 19, 2002, 13:35]
Is AMD Losing Its Supercomputing Lustre?
News A major British research centre has installed a supercomputer based on AMD's Athlon MP computer processors and the Linux operating system, the organisations announced this week. The supercomputer is based on 32 of AMD's Athlon MP chips in dual...
[April 18, 2002, 16:55]
AMD Faces Tough Fight With Dual Athlons
News AMD announced its first platform capable of handling multiple processors, the Athlon MP and the AMD-760 MP chipset. The new Athlon MP is based on a new processor core code-named Palomino, on which all of AMD's multi-processor products will be built.
[June 6, 2001, 8:52]
AMD Cuts Prices On Athlon, Duron
News Price cuts on its Athlon MP 1800+, 1900+, 2000+ and 2100+ chips for workstations and servers ranged from 14 percent to 16 percent. AMD also dropped the price on the Athlon MP 1600+ by 3 percent, from $154 to $150.
[July 29, 2002, 10:12]
AMD Boasts Market Share Gains
News The new Athlon MP processor 1900+ chip, which runs at 1.6GHz, adds extra clock speed, while the new 760MPX chipset features a higher bandwidth PCI bus, which is used to link peripherals, such as plug-in cards, inside the computer.
[December 13, 2001, 6:31]
Chips To Rain Down At CeBIT
News AMD, which enjoys a strong presence in the European market, used last year's CeBit to announce its first Athlon chip for mobile computers, for example. AMD is expected to announce faster versions of its desktop and mobile Athlon XP chips.
[March 8, 2002, 8:49]
Supercomputing Cluster Boosts Boeing's Delta IV Rockets
White Papers In 2001, a team of engineers at Boeing Space and Communications in Huntington Beach, California, acquired a new AMD Athlon MP- based Linux Supercomputing cluster from Linux Networx to perform aerodynamic analyses for a new family of rockets, named...
[April 24, 2007, 0:00]
Troublemaker Studios Cheers AMD’s Encore Performance In Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
White Papers The AMD Athlon MP and mobile AMD Athlon XP-M processors powered the servers, workstations and notebook computers used to create the eye-popping graphics and digital landscapes. Movie studios are demanding repeat performances by the AMD processors...
[November 12, 2003, 23:00]
Digital Pre-visualization In
White Papers With desktop computers powered by AMD Athlon MP processors and readily available software, it is possible to bring animation, texture and mood to the earliest stages of movie production. Digital pre-visualization, also known as animatics, elevates...
[November 12, 2003, 23:00]
AMD: Two Chips Better Than One
News At a press conference at the Computex trade show here, AMD introduced the AMD-760 MP companion chips, which support Double Data Rate (DDR) memory, and multiprocessor-capable versions of the Athlon itself.
[June 5, 2001, 16:08]
Legendary Music Producer Breathes New Life Into Old Recordings Using Digital Equipment
White Papers Both companies recommended the benefits of using AMD Athlon MP processor-based systems for his digital remake. Music Producer Greg Ladanyi’s remix of Running on Empty would rely on the PC as the tool of choice.
[November 12, 2003, 23:00]
Xi Computer Corporation: Cadalyst 2P Workstation Review Proves There's More To Performance
White Papers The results of the test in the August Cadalyst concluded that Xi and its AMD Athlon MP processor- based system were awarded five out of five stars, sharing top honors for overall performance. Cadalyst Magazine conducted a review in the summer of...
[November 12, 2003, 23:00]
AMD, Intel, IBM Stake Out New Territory At Chip Forum
News On Monday AMD also announced three new Athlon MP chips. Hammer offers a new approach to 64-bit computing, allowing the chip to move back and forth between 32-bit mode and 64-bit mode through extensions to X86, the basic set of instructions used by...
[October 16, 2001, 8:56]
Intel, AMD Chop Chip Prices
News Prices for the remainder of AMD's chips -- including its Athlon XP 1500+, 1600+ and 1700+ models, Athlon MP and Athlon 4 mobile chips -- were kept the same. It also reduced the 1.4GHz Athlon by 4 percent, from $130 to $125.
[October 30, 2001, 8:46]
News Roundup: Computex Takes Over Taiwan
News Tuesday, 5 June AMD is launching the the AMD-760 MP companion chips that will allow high-end computers to use two Athlon processors simultaneously Wednesday, 6 June AMD's launches its first chipset able to handle dual Athlon processors, but the...
[June 11, 2001, 11:33]
Compaq Goes To Hollywood
News In related news, video game maker Electronic Arts said it has standardised on Advanced Micro Devices' Athlon processor, recommending Athlon XP and Athlon MP-based desktops and workstations for its studios around the world.
[January 16, 2002, 11:08]
How To Stop Your Hardware Overheating
News AMD Athlon MP/XP: 85-95 C AMD Athlon: 70-100 C The laws of thermodynamics spell out the fate of your computer. Waste energy manifests itself as heat, the random movement of molecules. Some random events are a bit more extreme than others and result...
[August 12, 2003, 9:45]
AMD Quits The Megahertz Race
News The company, for example, refers to chips such as its Athlon MP for workstations and servers as the "Model 6. The new nomenclature will use a model number instead of listing the Athlon's clock speed, according to sources familiar with AMD's plans.
[August 31, 2001, 8:41]
