Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[jhalada]

HialMary,

Xeon MP will get a boost to 4 MB L3, which helps a lot in database apps. As far as clock speed is concerned, the current generation Xeon MP doesn't have a lot of room left on 130nm. 3 GHz or 3.2 GHz is within the realm of possibilities. As far as Prescott generation server product, initial plan is only for Dual Processor version without L3, a little behind the desktop units. L3 version is planned for 2H 2004.

Opteron is currently in an excellent competitive position vs. Xeon, once 64 bit OS, database server and other apps should bring another significant boost.

With Sun as a customer, and some volume almost guaranteed, I think it will be possible for AMD to contemplate version of server product with more L2 in 2004 (on 90nm)

Joe