There has been news of the Athlon 500 making it to 650MHz. And what I like about the processor is that the multiplier lock is on the PCB, which can be manipulated. And, if you haven t seen the PCB of an Athlon Processor, It has a slot type of connector on the top, right next to where you manipulate the PCB to change the clock multiplier. Certainly not something like SMP, being that s built into the motherboard. Personally, I believe it s for attaching it to a module that will let you manipulate the clock multiplier without the need for soldering tools.
Prices have nowhere to go but down.
A Merced by any other name would perform just as sweet. Intel, once again, changes the name of a processor to something that rhymes with Titanium. This time, they changed the name of the processor code named Merced to Itanium. Why the change in name. Well, that s not necessarily true, but that s what Intel would like you to think.