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Nachdem der 29. Thread nun fast 120 Beitäge hat, muß ich das tun, was ich schon immer einmal wollte: einen neuen Amd-Thread eröffnen und meine Hochachtung für alle Diskussionsteilnehmer hier aussprechen. Ich empfinde die Diskussion betreff AMD als die am besten geführte im ganzen Board und verfolge sie mit größtem Interesse, da ich bereits seit Dez. 98 AMD-Shareholder bin.

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Und da ich eben über einen interessanten Artikel gestolpert bin, möchte ich diesen hier gleich einmal hereinstellen; der größte Teil ist zwar schon bekannt, aber dennoch zeigt er, daß man auch in den USA langsam auf AMD als Unternehmen aufmerksam wird!

Nachzulesen unter:
http://www.nextdimensionhw.com/htmlfile.cgi?html_file=/artic…
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PC Expo 2000 – Close encounters of the AMD kind
Last Updated: Fri Jun 30 23:40:30 2000
Written By: Michael Crutchfield
Go Back
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When Joe and I walked up to the AMD booth at PC Expo, we weren’t looking for much information. We wanted to check out their display and make some marketing contacts. Boy, were we in for a surprise!

Their setup was awesome. An all black AMD Athlon 1GHz was setup for gaming with a powerful GeForce2 GTS card installed. When we first arrived, someone was playing Need For Speed: Porsche Unlimited with a gaming wheel. The game was displayed flawlessly without even the slightest dip in fps. Next, we watched an AMD employee, Mark (who turned out to be the Marketing Manager for the Duron), as he was demonstrating an AMD Duron based system. Shortly after he had finished the presentation Joe and I caught up to him and another AMD employee.

Joe and I explained that we worked for a hardware review site and were looking for marketing contacts. After a brief, four-way discussion, Mark asked us if we would like AMD press kits. We enthusiastically accepted his offer, and we headed off to AMD’s temporary office on the 2nd floor of the convention center. He sat us down and went through the AMD press kit with us, answering our questions regarding the processors and the chipsets. The press kit included a roadmap of AMD’s future plans, which has been summarized later on.

After we read through the material, he asked us if we would like to see some “really cool stuff.” (Don’t you love technical jargon?) Of course we weren’t about to turn him down, so he led us around to the back of the office into AMD’s mobile version of Area 51. Basically, we can’t tell you what we didn’t see because it doesn’t exist Actually, only two of the items were under a NDA (non-disclosure agreement), but we can tell you about the rest.

The first item that “exists” is the AMD K6-2+ based laptops. Currently, HP is the only company to have these laptops in production, but more will follow in the near future. The K6-2+ can be purchased either at 500MHz or 550MHz, but that is not the best part. Since the main gripe about laptops is battery life, AMD undertook steps to increase the battery life without hampering performance. How did they do it? I’ll tell you.

AMD PowerNow™

Most of the time, the average user is not using all of their CPU’s power. A 500MHz machine may sometimes do the same amount of work as a 200MHz machine. So why should the processor consume extra power and produce extra heat if it is not going to be used fully? The AMD K6-2+ addresses this problem by dynamically adjusting CPU speed and CPU Voltage to preserve your battery. I know what you are thinking. “Well, how much better is it?” Although we have not personally had the opportunity to play with one of these puppies, AMD did give us a good size press kit. Here are the numbers AMD provided.

Ziff-Davis BatteryMark™ V3.0 Battery Rundown Time

Mobile K6-2+/500MHz in Battery Saver Mode(1.4 V @ 200MHz) - 4:17

Mobile K6-2+/500MHz in Performance Mode (2.0 V @ 500MHz) - 3:06


AMD also tested the processor during DVD playback. Here are the results while running the DVD “Lost in Space” (130 mins)

Mobile K6-2+/500MHz in Automatic Mode - 130 minutes 11% battery remaining at end of DVD

Mobile K6-2+/500MHz in Performance Mode - 100 minutes 0% battery remaining DVD not finished

The AMD PowerNow™ technology has three different settings:

Automatic Mode - System varies CPU frequency and voltage based on processor load. AMD demonstrated this feature by starting a DVD. Before the DVD played, the CPU was running at 200MHz, and when the DVD program started, CPU speed increased to 500MHz. The CPU usage then varied based upon the amount of work required to redraw the screen, and the DVD did not miss a beat!

Battery Savor Mode – System runs at 200MHz and 1.4V constantly. This is for people who are on a plane and just need to type up some emails or a small report. Although your computer may be a bit sluggish, but your battery life will be outstanding!

Performance Mode – This locks the system in its top performance mode, 2V core and 500 or 550Mhz (depending on CPU speed). Your battery life will be much lower, so I would suggest this for when you have a wall plug handy.

Another side affect of the PowerNow™ technology is lower heat production. We ask Mark from AMD if they planned to add PowerNow™ technology to their regular line of processors including the Duron and Athlon. He said that there weren’t any plans, but then Joe mentioned how it could help on PC’s that are left on over-night by lowering their heat production. Mark admitted AMD had not thought about that angle, but I still don’t expect to see Athlon’s and Duron’s equipped with PowerNow™ any time soon.

Here is a photo of an HP Pavilion 3300 series laptop equipped with the AMD K6-2+


Another item of note that AMD showed us was a monster of a server. This system featured a 1GHz Athlon processor with Performance Enhancing Cache (the official name for the AMD Thunderbird), 3 18GB 10,000RPM SCSI hard drives arranged in a RAID 5 configuration, 512MB RAM, and a 32MB GeForce2 GTS graphics card. Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to take a look at it in action, but we did grab a picture:


We found out a few interesting tidbits of information about AMD’s Athlon line of processors.

1) The processors coming from the fabrication plant in Dresden, Germany is pumping out Athlon’s that use copper interconnects, instead of the aluminum interconnects of the Austin, TX fabrication plant. AMD reports that there is no gain in performance in the Dresden processors, but that using copper interconnects makes processor scaling simpler.

2) The AMD Athlon with Performance Enhancing Cache retails for the same price as a regular Athlon processor (referred to as the Athlon Classic during our meeting at PC Expo).

What’s in store for AMD?

Although we can’t tell you about two of the systems we saw, I will give you a little hint. One is pretty nice, and the other will make your tongue drop to the floor. Now that I got your attention, let’s talk about AMD’s roadmap.

Late 2000:

“Mustang” – This looks to be a Xeon killer! It is described as “Large on-chip cache Socket A” and is listed as a workstation/server processor.

“Corvette” – Meet the corvette. Sleek, fast, powerful, and MOBILE! That’s right, meet the mobile Athlon! Well, later this year that is

AMD-760™ and Ali – Look for the AMD-760™ chipset, as well as a chipset from Ali. Both will support AGP 4X, 266MHz FSB, and DDR Ram support.

SiS, VIA – Socket A, 200MHz FSB, PC133, UMA with AGP4X override.

AMD-760™ MP – This is THE chipset that Athlon fans have been speculating about, and waiting intently for. Well, it is coming really soon. This chipset will support Dual CPU’s, AGP4X, DDR RAM, and 266MHz FSB. The REAL story behind this chipset is that EACH CPU will have its own 266MHz bus running into it. (My tongue is hanging down to my ankles right now!) Oh yeah, don’t forget PCI64/66 support!

Early 2001:

“SledgeHammer” – Off in the distance is AMD’s bid for a 64bit CPU. Need I say more?

Sound good? Well, there’s more! In the near future, we hope to have a more complete review of the PowerNow™ technology, as well as a Duron review based on an AZZA motherboard!

Now here are the other pictures we took with AMD while we were at PC Expo 2000:


Joe Collins and Mark from AMD

Michael Crutchfield and Mark from AMD

Here is the Gaming PC AMD had setup

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Und da ich eben über einen interessanten Artikel gestolpert bin, möchte ich diesen hier gleich einmal hereinstellen; der größte Teil ist zwar schon bekannt, aber dennoch zeigt er, daß man auch in den USA langsam auf AMD als Unternehmen aufmerksam wird!

Nachzulesen unter:
http://www.nextdimensionhw.com/htmlfile.cgi?html_file=/artic…
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PC Expo 2000 – Close encounters of the AMD kind
Last Updated: Fri Jun 30 23:40:30 2000
Written By: Michael Crutchfield
Go Back
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When Joe and I walked up to the AMD booth at PC Expo, we weren’t looking for much information. We wanted to check out their display and make some marketing contacts. Boy, were we in for a surprise!

Their setup was awesome. An all black AMD Athlon 1GHz was setup for gaming with a powerful GeForce2 GTS card installed. When we first arrived, someone was playing Need For Speed: Porsche Unlimited with a gaming wheel. The game was displayed flawlessly without even the slightest dip in fps. Next, we watched an AMD employee, Mark (who turned out to be the Marketing Manager for the Duron), as he was demonstrating an AMD Duron based system. Shortly after he had finished the presentation Joe and I caught up to him and another AMD employee.

Joe and I explained that we worked for a hardware review site and were looking for marketing contacts. After a brief, four-way discussion, Mark asked us if we would like AMD press kits. We enthusiastically accepted his offer, and we headed off to AMD’s temporary office on the 2nd floor of the convention center. He sat us down and went through the AMD press kit with us, answering our questions regarding the processors and the chipsets. The press kit included a roadmap of AMD’s future plans, which has been summarized later on.

After we read through the material, he asked us if we would like to see some “really cool stuff.” (Don’t you love technical jargon?) Of course we weren’t about to turn him down, so he led us around to the back of the office into AMD’s mobile version of Area 51. Basically, we can’t tell you what we didn’t see because it doesn’t exist Actually, only two of the items were under a NDA (non-disclosure agreement), but we can tell you about the rest.

The first item that “exists” is the AMD K6-2+ based laptops. Currently, HP is the only company to have these laptops in production, but more will follow in the near future. The K6-2+ can be purchased either at 500MHz or 550MHz, but that is not the best part. Since the main gripe about laptops is battery life, AMD undertook steps to increase the battery life without hampering performance. How did they do it? I’ll tell you.

AMD PowerNow™

Most of the time, the average user is not using all of their CPU’s power. A 500MHz machine may sometimes do the same amount of work as a 200MHz machine. So why should the processor consume extra power and produce extra heat if it is not going to be used fully? The AMD K6-2+ addresses this problem by dynamically adjusting CPU speed and CPU Voltage to preserve your battery. I know what you are thinking. “Well, how much better is it?” Although we have not personally had the opportunity to play with one of these puppies, AMD did give us a good size press kit. Here are the numbers AMD provided.

Ziff-Davis BatteryMark™ V3.0 Battery Rundown Time

Mobile K6-2+/500MHz in Battery Saver Mode(1.4 V @ 200MHz) - 4:17

Mobile K6-2+/500MHz in Performance Mode (2.0 V @ 500MHz) - 3:06


AMD also tested the processor during DVD playback. Here are the results while running the DVD “Lost in Space” (130 mins)

Mobile K6-2+/500MHz in Automatic Mode - 130 minutes 11% battery remaining at end of DVD

Mobile K6-2+/500MHz in Performance Mode - 100 minutes 0% battery remaining DVD not finished

The AMD PowerNow™ technology has three different settings:

Automatic Mode - System varies CPU frequency and voltage based on processor load. AMD demonstrated this feature by starting a DVD. Before the DVD played, the CPU was running at 200MHz, and when the DVD program started, CPU speed increased to 500MHz. The CPU usage then varied based upon the amount of work required to redraw the screen, and the DVD did not miss a beat!

Battery Savor Mode – System runs at 200MHz and 1.4V constantly. This is for people who are on a plane and just need to type up some emails or a small report. Although your computer may be a bit sluggish, but your battery life will be outstanding!

Performance Mode – This locks the system in its top performance mode, 2V core and 500 or 550Mhz (depending on CPU speed). Your battery life will be much lower, so I would suggest this for when you have a wall plug handy.

Another side affect of the PowerNow™ technology is lower heat production. We ask Mark from AMD if they planned to add PowerNow™ technology to their regular line of processors including the Duron and Athlon. He said that there weren’t any plans, but then Joe mentioned how it could help on PC’s that are left on over-night by lowering their heat production. Mark admitted AMD had not thought about that angle, but I still don’t expect to see Athlon’s and Duron’s equipped with PowerNow™ any time soon.

Here is a photo of an HP Pavilion 3300 series laptop equipped with the AMD K6-2+


Another item of note that AMD showed us was a monster of a server. This system featured a 1GHz Athlon processor with Performance Enhancing Cache (the official name for the AMD Thunderbird), 3 18GB 10,000RPM SCSI hard drives arranged in a RAID 5 configuration, 512MB RAM, and a 32MB GeForce2 GTS graphics card. Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to take a look at it in action, but we did grab a picture:


We found out a few interesting tidbits of information about AMD’s Athlon line of processors.

1) The processors coming from the fabrication plant in Dresden, Germany is pumping out Athlon’s that use copper interconnects, instead of the aluminum interconnects of the Austin, TX fabrication plant. AMD reports that there is no gain in performance in the Dresden processors, but that using copper interconnects makes processor scaling simpler.

2) The AMD Athlon with Performance Enhancing Cache retails for the same price as a regular Athlon processor (referred to as the Athlon Classic during our meeting at PC Expo).

What’s in store for AMD?

Although we can’t tell you about two of the systems we saw, I will give you a little hint. One is pretty nice, and the other will make your tongue drop to the floor. Now that I got your attention, let’s talk about AMD’s roadmap.

Late 2000:

“Mustang” – This looks to be a Xeon killer! It is described as “Large on-chip cache Socket A” and is listed as a workstation/server processor.

“Corvette” – Meet the corvette. Sleek, fast, powerful, and MOBILE! That’s right, meet the mobile Athlon! Well, later this year that is

AMD-760™ and Ali – Look for the AMD-760™ chipset, as well as a chipset from Ali. Both will support AGP 4X, 266MHz FSB, and DDR Ram support.

SiS, VIA – Socket A, 200MHz FSB, PC133, UMA with AGP4X override.

AMD-760™ MP – This is THE chipset that Athlon fans have been speculating about, and waiting intently for. Well, it is coming really soon. This chipset will support Dual CPU’s, AGP4X, DDR RAM, and 266MHz FSB. The REAL story behind this chipset is that EACH CPU will have its own 266MHz bus running into it. (My tongue is hanging down to my ankles right now!) Oh yeah, don’t forget PCI64/66 support!

Early 2001:

“SledgeHammer” – Off in the distance is AMD’s bid for a 64bit CPU. Need I say more?

Sound good? Well, there’s more! In the near future, we hope to have a more complete review of the PowerNow™ technology, as well as a Duron review based on an AZZA motherboard!

Now here are the other pictures we took with AMD while we were at PC Expo 2000:


Joe Collins and Mark from AMD

Michael Crutchfield and Mark from AMD

Here is the Gaming PC AMD had setup

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Und da ich eben über einen interessanten Artikel gestolpert bin, möchte ich diesen hier gleich einmal hereinstellen; der größte Teil ist zwar schon bekannt, aber dennoch zeigt er, daß man auch in den USA langsam auf AMD als Unternehmen aufmerksam wird!

Nachzulesen unter:
http://www.nextdimensionhw.com/htmlfile.cgi?html_file=/artic…
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PC Expo 2000 – Close encounters of the AMD kind
Last Updated: Fri Jun 30 23:40:30 2000
Written By: Michael Crutchfield
Go Back
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When Joe and I walked up to the AMD booth at PC Expo, we weren’t looking for much information. We wanted to check out their display and make some marketing contacts. Boy, were we in for a surprise!

Their setup was awesome. An all black AMD Athlon 1GHz was setup for gaming with a powerful GeForce2 GTS card installed. When we first arrived, someone was playing Need For Speed: Porsche Unlimited with a gaming wheel. The game was displayed flawlessly without even the slightest dip in fps. Next, we watched an AMD employee, Mark (who turned out to be the Marketing Manager for the Duron), as he was demonstrating an AMD Duron based system. Shortly after he had finished the presentation Joe and I caught up to him and another AMD employee.

Joe and I explained that we worked for a hardware review site and were looking for marketing contacts. After a brief, four-way discussion, Mark asked us if we would like AMD press kits. We enthusiastically accepted his offer, and we headed off to AMD’s temporary office on the 2nd floor of the convention center. He sat us down and went through the AMD press kit with us, answering our questions regarding the processors and the chipsets. The press kit included a roadmap of AMD’s future plans, which has been summarized later on.

After we read through the material, he asked us if we would like to see some “really cool stuff.” (Don’t you love technical jargon?) Of course we weren’t about to turn him down, so he led us around to the back of the office into AMD’s mobile version of Area 51. Basically, we can’t tell you what we didn’t see because it doesn’t exist Actually, only two of the items were under a NDA (non-disclosure agreement), but we can tell you about the rest.

The first item that “exists” is the AMD K6-2+ based laptops. Currently, HP is the only company to have these laptops in production, but more will follow in the near future. The K6-2+ can be purchased either at 500MHz or 550MHz, but that is not the best part. Since the main gripe about laptops is battery life, AMD undertook steps to increase the battery life without hampering performance. How did they do it? I’ll tell you.

AMD PowerNow™

Most of the time, the average user is not using all of their CPU’s power. A 500MHz machine may sometimes do the same amount of work as a 200MHz machine. So why should the processor consume extra power and produce extra heat if it is not going to be used fully? The AMD K6-2+ addresses this problem by dynamically adjusting CPU speed and CPU Voltage to preserve your battery. I know what you are thinking. “Well, how much better is it?” Although we have not personally had the opportunity to play with one of these puppies, AMD did give us a good size press kit. Here are the numbers AMD provided.

Ziff-Davis BatteryMark™ V3.0 Battery Rundown Time

Mobile K6-2+/500MHz in Battery Saver Mode(1.4 V @ 200MHz) - 4:17

Mobile K6-2+/500MHz in Performance Mode (2.0 V @ 500MHz) - 3:06


AMD also tested the processor during DVD playback. Here are the results while running the DVD “Lost in Space” (130 mins)

Mobile K6-2+/500MHz in Automatic Mode - 130 minutes 11% battery remaining at end of DVD

Mobile K6-2+/500MHz in Performance Mode - 100 minutes 0% battery remaining DVD not finished

The AMD PowerNow™ technology has three different settings:

Automatic Mode - System varies CPU frequency and voltage based on processor load. AMD demonstrated this feature by starting a DVD. Before the DVD played, the CPU was running at 200MHz, and when the DVD program started, CPU speed increased to 500MHz. The CPU usage then varied based upon the amount of work required to redraw the screen, and the DVD did not miss a beat!

Battery Savor Mode – System runs at 200MHz and 1.4V constantly. This is for people who are on a plane and just need to type up some emails or a small report. Although your computer may be a bit sluggish, but your battery life will be outstanding!

Performance Mode – This locks the system in its top performance mode, 2V core and 500 or 550Mhz (depending on CPU speed). Your battery life will be much lower, so I would suggest this for when you have a wall plug handy.

Another side affect of the PowerNow™ technology is lower heat production. We ask Mark from AMD if they planned to add PowerNow™ technology to their regular line of processors including the Duron and Athlon. He said that there weren’t any plans, but then Joe mentioned how it could help on PC’s that are left on over-night by lowering their heat production. Mark admitted AMD had not thought about that angle, but I still don’t expect to see Athlon’s and Duron’s equipped with PowerNow™ any time soon.

Here is a photo of an HP Pavilion 3300 series laptop equipped with the AMD K6-2+


Another item of note that AMD showed us was a monster of a server. This system featured a 1GHz Athlon processor with Performance Enhancing Cache (the official name for the AMD Thunderbird), 3 18GB 10,000RPM SCSI hard drives arranged in a RAID 5 configuration, 512MB RAM, and a 32MB GeForce2 GTS graphics card. Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to take a look at it in action, but we did grab a picture:


We found out a few interesting tidbits of information about AMD’s Athlon line of processors.

1) The processors coming from the fabrication plant in Dresden, Germany is pumping out Athlon’s that use copper interconnects, instead of the aluminum interconnects of the Austin, TX fabrication plant. AMD reports that there is no gain in performance in the Dresden processors, but that using copper interconnects makes processor scaling simpler.

2) The AMD Athlon with Performance Enhancing Cache retails for the same price as a regular Athlon processor (referred to as the Athlon Classic during our meeting at PC Expo).

What’s in store for AMD?

Although we can’t tell you about two of the systems we saw, I will give you a little hint. One is pretty nice, and the other will make your tongue drop to the floor. Now that I got your attention, let’s talk about AMD’s roadmap.

Late 2000:

“Mustang” – This looks to be a Xeon killer! It is described as “Large on-chip cache Socket A” and is listed as a workstation/server processor.

“Corvette” – Meet the corvette. Sleek, fast, powerful, and MOBILE! That’s right, meet the mobile Athlon! Well, later this year that is

AMD-760™ and Ali – Look for the AMD-760™ chipset, as well as a chipset from Ali. Both will support AGP 4X, 266MHz FSB, and DDR Ram support.

SiS, VIA – Socket A, 200MHz FSB, PC133, UMA with AGP4X override.

AMD-760™ MP – This is THE chipset that Athlon fans have been speculating about, and waiting intently for. Well, it is coming really soon. This chipset will support Dual CPU’s, AGP4X, DDR RAM, and 266MHz FSB. The REAL story behind this chipset is that EACH CPU will have its own 266MHz bus running into it. (My tongue is hanging down to my ankles right now!) Oh yeah, don’t forget PCI64/66 support!

Early 2001:

“SledgeHammer” – Off in the distance is AMD’s bid for a 64bit CPU. Need I say more?

Sound good? Well, there’s more! In the near future, we hope to have a more complete review of the PowerNow™ technology, as well as a Duron review based on an AZZA motherboard!

Now here are the other pictures we took with AMD while we were at PC Expo 2000:


Joe Collins and Mark from AMD

Michael Crutchfield and Mark from AMD

Here is the Gaming PC AMD had setup

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