Hammer Delayed

" The desktop version of Hammer, which is code-named Clawhammer and will be marketed under the Athlon brand name, will ship to PC manufacturers in the first quarter of 2003 and will hit store shelves toward the end of that quarter or at the beginning of the next"

Delays are inevitable but a missed launch window can really hurt market position, though making sure the chip is ready is the important thing. The next part of the article will not only hurt AMD but will also effect chipset sales for sure.

" Similarly, the company will postpone the commercial release of "Barton," a new version of the Athlon chip with a performance-enhancing 512KB secondary cache, from the second half of this year to the first quarter of next year. "

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