10 New AMD CPUs

May 18, 2000 3:34 PM

It looks like good news for everyone out there using a CPU. (Yeah, you) AMD is planning to launch 10 new cpus as early as June 5th. They will be launching the Duron (as noted earlier) in 600 to 700mhz versions, as well as the new Thunderbird CPU sporting 700mhz to 1GHz range. The Thunderbird has been speculated as being about 20-25% faster than the current Athlon chips. Here is part of the reason why: (Thanks AMDZone)

Thunderbird also marks an important milestone for AMD, as the company will begin shipping versions of the chip based on its 0.18-micron copper process from its Dresden, Germany, processor fabrication plant.

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