AMD delays Hammer for desktops

"The delay on Clawhammer, which was originally slated to come out in the first quarter of 2002, should heat up the competitive atmosphere of the microprocessor market in 2003. AMD has stated that Clawhammer will outperform Intel's best chips and pave the way for AMD to get its processors into the corporate environment. The holdup, though, could erode any performance advantages to Clawhammer, especially as Intel has encountered few problems in ratcheting up the speed of its chips in the past year"

.... "AMD has not said how fast Hammer will be when it comes out. Last year, though, the company showed a slide at its analyst conference that said it would be marketed with a performance number of 3400. Although analysts have speculated that the chip will run at between 2GHz and 2.5GHz, AMD's performance numbers generally track Intel chips, which suggests a 3400 chip would be roughly equal to a 3.4GHz Pentium 4."

Thanks CNET

Can't wait for this chip, Especially since my last name is Hammer!!!

i never heard anything about releasing it in first Q of 2002

since the start of development, it has been stated, 4th Q of 2002

along with the roadmap

take a look
http://www.hwextreme.com/reviews/pro...on/page4.shtml

article written by David Hsieh (evil techie...me)