AMD's missing 2800+ Athlon XP

WE REPORTED back in October that AMD had "sold out" of the limited production run of Thoroughbred XP2800+ processors.

And they still seem to be rarer than flying pigs or hens with teeth, suggesting that AMD has missed an entire bunch of opportunities to sell its fastest processor.

But the good news is that AMD will start sampling 2800+ and 3000+ Barton desktop CPUs in just a few days, sources told us. And it will release a spate of 2500+ Thoroughbreds on the market soon, we understand.

AMD produces its quarterly results this week, in which it is expected to show a loss.

Not having the high end 2800+ chips must be hurting AMD.

We can't spot them on the UK Komplett site but they are available on the Swedish site, here. We can't spot them on the UK Dabs site, either.

So where is the 2800+? AMD suggests that it is about to reincarnate as the "Barton" 2800+, a chip which will include 512K cache on its die.

That is slated to arrive in the first quarter, but we've got quite a few weeks yet before that is ready to roll.

We know from recent roadmaps we've seen that 2800+ MP "Bartons" are expected in the second quarter of this year.

Most eyes are pinned on the Athlon 64 and Opteron chips right now, but we reckon fine words might not butter those parsnips Hector Ruiz needs to sell. µ

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