In a cut-throat market you have to stay on your toes to survive. This could be the AMD company moto as is revealed by their plans for 2002 and on.
The Athlon XP 2000+ is out, the Duron 1.3 GHz just hit the market, so what's next? Much of AMD's planning focuses on ways to increase the company's share of the desktop market and to better position the MP processor range in the workstation and server markets.
AMD's plans seem to confirm that Socket A is the way they will go, at least until the end of 2003.
Q2 of 2002 will see the 2000+ and 2200+ .13 micron Thoroughbred Athlons which will use the Palomino core and Socket A and will feature a 384K cache and a 266MHz FSB. Also in Q2, 2002 the Appaloosa Durons will emerge which will have a 192K cache, a front-side-bus of 266MHz and will use PR rating. Both support 3DNow Professional. It is at this point that the Durons will become DDR capable and will reach todays processor standards.
Q3, 2002 will most probably see the Barton .13 micron SOI which also has a 266MHz FSB and supports 3DNow Professional. During that time the 2600+, 2400+, 2200+ and the 2000+ Thoroughbreds will become available. The Appaloosa Durons will reach the 1.8 GHz mark at that point.
In Q4, 2002 the Clawhammer .13 micron SOI will arrive.
Estimates also suggest that Q1, 2003 will see the introduction of the Sledgehammer MP along with the Clawhammer DP.
It is also interesting to note that around Q2, 2003 AMD will begin to slowly introduce the .09 micron Clawhammers.
