Palomino, Thunderbird, etc...

[Gersen]

howdy all,

Where can I find out what type of CPU core a specific processor has? Like which one is a Palomino, Thunderbird, or whatever. These terms aren't real meaningful to me at the moment and I need to read up on the diffs between architectures.

Thanx,

G

[Bender]

The athlon XP processors have Palamino cores and the regular Athlons have Thunderbird cores. The two cores are very similar but the XP is slightly better since it runs cooler and has a few new tweaks to make it faster.

[AntiHeiss]

Here are a few to get you started...
Spitfire=old Duron
Morgan=new Duron
Thunderbird=newer Athlon
Palomino=Athlon XP and MPs
Thouroughbred=new Athlon XP and MPs (not released yet)