Volgens die informatie die The Register van enkele PC leveranciers kreeg toegespeeld is er op dit moment sprake van een vermindering van de Athlon en Pentium III leveringstekorten. Voor kleine leveranciers blijft het moeilijk om aan voldoende processors te komen. Verwacht wordt dat de geheugenprijzen opnieuw zullen dalen door de leveringstekorten:
Supplies of Intel Celerons at 500MHz and 600MHz processors are still constrained, according to one major PC vendor, but Pentium III 600MHz and 733MHz Coppermines are now widely available, the firm said.It is a different situation for AMD's Athlon microprocessor. At speeds below 750MHz, there is a shortage and this is caused both by large tier one PC vendors selling more machines using this chip, and also the current move by the firm to the Duron and Thunderbird platforms.
However, there is plentiful supply for Athlons at clock speeds of between 800MHz and 950MHz. The lion's share of 1GHz Athlons is still being shipped to Gateway, according to the source.