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CPU:AMD Athlon XP 3200+ Review (Barton Core) :: The CPU
The AMD Athlon XP processor 3200+ is AMD's latest desktop CPU offering with 0.13-micron process technology, an advanced 400MHz Front-Side Bus, a large 640KB of on-chip, full-speed cache, and support for AMD's 3DNow professional technology for enhanced multimedia capabilities. The AMD Athlon XP processor 3200+ is compatible with AMD's ZIF Socket A (462) infrastructure and the latest Athlon. The Athlon XP 3000+ runs at 2.17GHz, which is derived from a 166MHz bus multiplied by a 13X clock speed while the 3200+ is running at a 200MHz FSB and a clock speed of 11X.
The AMD Athlon XP processor model 10 is based on leading edge 0.13 micron technology and increased on-chip cache integrates the innovative design and manufacturing expertise of AMD to deliver improved performance while maintaining the stable and compatible Socket A infrastructure of the AMD Athlon processor. Delivered in an OPGA package, the AMD Athlon XP processor model 10 delivers the integer, floating-point, and 3D multimedia performance for highly demanding applications running on x86 system platforms. The AMD Athlon XP processor model 10 features seventh-generation microarchitecture with an integrated, exclusive L2 cache, which supports the growing processor and system bandwidth requirements of emerging software, graphics, I/O, and memory technologies. The high-speed execution core of the AMD Athlon XP processor model 10 includes multiple x86 instruction decoders, a dual-ported128-Kbyte split level-one (L1) cache, an exclusive 512-Kbyte L2 cache, three independent integer pipelines, three address calculation pipelines, and a superscalar, fully pipelined, out-of-order, three-way floating-point engine. The floating-point engine is capable of delivering outstanding performance on numerically complex applications. Just a few months back AMD moved to the .13 micron design with the release of the Thoroughbred core and according to their Roadmap the Prescot will be based on the new .09 micron design. This is supposedly the last CPU to be based on the .13 design spec as AMD moves forward to better and faster pastures. AMD has its sights set on the 64-Bit market as the year unfolds and so far from what I have seen and heard they seem to be doing a good job of implementing this new technology into the server and higher end workstation market. Heat always the enemy of a stable system was not prevalent when running the 3200+ and I was surprised to see the CPU running at a much lower temperature than other AMD processors I have tested in the past. On paper and in other reviews this seems to be a winning factor for AMD as they tread on into the future, but the real proof is in the pudding or testing in this scenario so let us move forward and see what the chip actually does in the lab. AMD Athlon XP 3200+
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