ZDNet heeft een artikel in elkaar getimmerd over de race tussen Intel en AMD richting de 1GHz barrière. De schrijver meldt dat we al binnen een paar maanden de eerste desktop PC's met 1000MHz processors van beide fabrikanten mogen verwachten, hoewel de losse verkoop van de CPU's waarschijnlijk pas in het derde kwartaal zal beginnen. Deze 'limted edition' PC's van OEM's zullen dan ook vooral gericht zijn op high-end gamers met veel zakgeld.
AMD, meanwhile, is privately telling PC makers to expect availability of 1GHz Athlon chips in 60 days. Spokesman Drew Prairie would not comment on launch dates except to reiterate that AMD will have a 1GHz Athlon "by Q4 of this year.""We don't plan on falling behind in the gigahertz race," said a source at the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD. "We plan to offer competitive frequency at the same time as Intel."
[...] Intel's 1GHz Pentium III will be available in "limited quantities" at first.
"We will target 1GHz in the first half to people that can really appreciate it, such as PC enthusiasts, such as high-end gamers," Alfs said. "It really will be limited volume in Q2."
This means PC makers that cater to those market segments will likely see the gigahertz chip first. While 1GHz Pentium IIIs will be available in systems, they may not be available in other ways, such as in the reseller channel as boxed processors. Boxed versions of the 1GHz Pentium III may not be readily available until the third quarter of 2000.
. Die schroeven het zooitje zelf wel in elkaar.
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