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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I got this email yesterday: I just returned from my local computer fair (here in England/UK). The only low speed Tbred Bs I saw were XP1800+, but they were Brown (seems unusual from what I have read elsewhere) AXDA1800DUT3C (looks
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
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