AMD Announces Athlon MP 2200+

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The last of the Athlon family finally transitioned over to .13 micron, here's what AMD's PR guys had to say: SUNNYVALE, CA -- August 27, 2002 --AMD today introduced the AMD Athlon MP processor 2200+, built on AMD?s state-of-the-art 0.13-micron copper process technology, to provide the high performance and reliability demanded by businesses for their servers and workstations. AMD?s 0.13-micron manufacturing technology allows processors to achieve higher performance while lowering power requirements, all on a smaller die size. Today?s announcement marks the third and final member of the AMD Athlon processor family to transition to 0.13-micron copper process technology. AMD Athlon processors for mobile and desktop systems transitioned to this advanced technology earlier in 2002. Click on Read More... for more information

?Business users are demanding higher performance to increase productivity and our 0.13- micron copper process technology allows AMD to make that a reality,? said Ed Ellett, vice president of marketing for AMD?s Computation Products Group. ?In addition, IT managers tell us they need longer product life cycles to get them through the tight IT budgets facing many enterprises today. With the AMD Athlon MP processor?s stable Socket A infrastructure, AMD can help lower total cost of ownership and protect a company?s technology investment.? You can check out the full press release here. NewsSource