Distributors claim today that AMD will release Barton processors with 256K cache to PC manufacturers but the chips won't be sold through the channel.
And the same sources reckon that AMD will revive the Duron name, and rate them at 1.4GHz, 1.6GHz and 1.8GHz, rather than use a PR rating. Apparently, the Bartons are ones which can't hack it at the 512K cache level, and they won't go through the channel because of BIOS recognition problems.
And the same sources reckon that AMD will revive the Duron name, and rate them at 1.4GHz, 1.6GHz and 1.8GHz, rather than use a PR rating. Apparently, the Bartons are ones which can't hack it at the 512K cache level, and they won't go through the channel because of BIOS recognition problems.
