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AMD Finances

I’ll keep the financial stuff brief. Once you take the restructuring charge (which involves real money), and the income tax charge (which doesn’t; it’s basically just an accounting trick that will let AMD show bigger profits for a while in

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Not All 2100+

Just in case you’re under the impression that all 2100+s are the latest and greatest TBredBs, here’s an email I just got: I have just purchased An “ XP2100 Thoroughbred A “ In the UK the stepping is: AXDA2100DKV3C 4114236277800

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Sightseeing At Dresden

A few websites got to tour the place. Wonder who paid for the trip. 🙂 The timing of this trip should raise a few eyebrows. AMD will release its financial earnings tonight. The overall numbers for the quarter will be

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Looks Good So Far

Initial reports on the Newegg 2100+ indicate that they are functioning just as well as expensive 2400+ CPUs or better. Different people are getting different results, and some chips do seem better than others, but it looks like it will

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Bartons, But

The Inquirer has reported that Bartons are supposed to be “introduced” on February 7. They are supposed to come in 2500+, 2700+ and 3000+ flavors. A few cautionary points: “Introduced” Doesn’t Mean “Available”: I’m sure they’ll have a dog-and-pony show

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High Breds and Low Breds

Some people have written me saying that my description of the various TBredBs out there is more than a bit confusing. This is quite understandable, it is confusing. There are now two classes of TBredBs out there. 1) There are

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This Looks To Be The One

Got this email from Chiz Ow (he’s also posted much the same in some forums): Ed, this chip looks to be a winner. I’m running right now at 2430mhz @ 1.85 VCore on air (13×187), but only had a chance

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Ugh

Someone sent me a picture of the 2000+ TBred he just got: Let’s look more closely on the codes on that chip: That’s a TBredA, and not a very good one at that. Not surprisingly, the comments on the CPU

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Sending It Back

Some near and dear, well, near, just had a hard drive failure (one of the infamous IBM 75GXPs). No big deal, two years into a three year warranty. Went to the IBM site, found out that Hitachi had taken over