Volgens The Register zullen de eerste Gateway systemen met Athlon proc deze week naar de klant wandelen. Voor AMD betekend dit een belangrijke overwinning in de strijd om meer marktaandeel:
We have now received information from highly placed sources within Gateway confirming that it will sell PCs using AMD's Athlon processors.According to our source, the first sample machines using the Athlon processor will start shipping during the course of this week. [break] AMD Zone weet het bestaan van de Gateway Athlon's te bevestigen: [/break] I have also received confirmation from a source that has been down on Gateway's manufacturing floor, and seen Athlon systems being assembled.
