- Wed Mar 17 2004 AMD boosts low-power Athlon
The chipmaker bumps up the performance of its Athlon XP-M chip for lightweight notebooks as the race with Intel continues.
- Wed Apr 17 2002 AMD launches mobile Athlon XP
update The chipmaker releases its new mobile Athlon XP processor, a new generation of 130-nanometer mobile chips based on its newest processor core known as Thoroughbred.
- Mon Mar 15 2004 AMD renovates Athlon 64
The chipmaker is boosting shipments of a version of its desktop Athlon 64 based on a processor core dubbed Newcastle that features half the cache but the same overall performance.
- Tue Jul 29 2003 AMD drops chip prices
The company cuts prices on notebook and server chips, lopping as much as 31 percent off list prices for Athlon XP-M chips and as much as 35 percent off chips in the Opteron family.
- Sun Feb 9 2003 AMD to unveil Athlon XP 3000+ chip
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices on Monday plans to add some muscle to its desktop processor line with the introduction of the new processor.
- Fri Aug 16 2002 AMD plans Athlon boost
The chipmaker is expected to introduce two new models for desktop PCs, and is evaluating whether to increase the speed of the chip's front side bus.
- Tue Oct 9 2001 AMD shuffles numbers with new Athlon
The new Athlon XP processors come out Tuesday, and the question remains as to whether the company's desire to get the public to forget about megahertz will work.
- Tue Jun 17 2003 AMD notebook chips aim high and low
The new Athlon XP-M 2800+ is the chipmaker's highest-performance notebook processor to date. Also, two low-voltage processors join the company's product lineup.
- Fri Jul 26 2002 AMD cuts prices on Athlon, Duron
The chipmaker is shaving up to 20 percent from prices for Athlon XP chips in an effort to make AMD-based PCs more attractive to buyers. It hopes Duron cuts will also spark interest.
- Thu Dec 18 2003 AMD introduces budget Athlon 64
Advanced Micro Devices has quietly trotted out a version of its Athlon 64 chip that provides a little less performance than earlier models but only costs about half as much.




