AMD X2 2x1MB chips are out there

SOME VERY ASTUTE readers have noticed that many online shops are showing the 2x1MB AMD Athlon X2 AM2 variants in stock, well after they were supposed to be cancelled.

Has AMD changed its mind? Since I did in fact take a good look around and saw some impressive stock of these parts, I thought I would go straight to the source.

I pinged my friend Damon Muzny of AMD, and after some small talk and pleasant chatter I got to the meat of the matter. Why, even after all the talk about getting rid of the 2x1MB X2s, are there so many in stock?

For better or for worse, here was Damon's response. And I quote: "As for the 1MBx2 L2 parts, they were announced and we did ship some. We're simplifying our line up, but there are still some out there. They were discontinued at the end of the quarter."

Well, there it is. Last quarter ended June 30. AMD is continuing along its path of simplification, and though it announced these parts, it is still going to discontinue them.

Not huge news mind, but for those that want to jump on a X2 with 1MB of L2 per core, then the time to buy is now. In a month's time, these rare CPUs will be gone. µ