Volgens Ace's Hardware heeft AMD besloten om het voltage van de Athlon 850 en 900 te verhogen naar 1,7V. Dit maakt het mogelijk om de 850 en 900 versies sneller te introduceren. Eerder zagen we dit voltage trucje ook al toegepast worden door Intel, in de PIII-600 (Katmai) (thanks vsmb@superweb.nl" rel="external">ovs voor de link):
To increase the yields of the K75 (Athlon .18 µ core), AMD management has decided to increase the voltage of the higher clocked Athlons from 1.6V to 1.7V. That way, almost any .18µ Athlon should reach 800 MHz and it is possible that the 850 and 900 MHz Athlon will be introduced much sooner. It is clear that AMD is feeling the pressure of Intel too and wants to stay ahead in the race.If you already got a Slot A motherboard, you shouldn't worry: the Athlon core regulate voltages internally. AMD representatives reassured us that it is "plug and play" : ).
On a different note: .18 µ Athlons do not need 300W power supplies like their older .25 µ brothers do. So before you better try before you ditch your older 235W supply.
