Some info on the AMD K7 Athlon CPU from the guys at AMDZone for ya. Firstly it looks like according to this page that you can actually already buy a K7 500mhz chip which is the low end of the 3 chips which are scheduled to come out. Then you can have a look at the updated AMD tech docs if you're feeling extra curious. Lastly here is an article talking about the AMD president who recently resigned. update: Sean Hall of AMD contacted me to say that those guys are only taking a "limited number" of pre-orders. Oh well.