We said in our article dedicated to AMD Athlon XP 3200+ processor that AMD has never had difficulties with supplying its high-speed Barton CPUs on time and in sufficient quantities. We were quite right since during the weekend AMD Athlon XP 3200+ chips appeared for sale both in Japan and the USA. Probably several stores in Europe, Australia and Asia also sell the devices.

Numerous stores in Tokyo started to sell retail AMD Athlon XP 3200+ CPUs with 400MHz EV-6 FSB, 512KB L2 cache and 2200MHz core-clock for $482-$517. In the USA you can acquire the same product for $463 to $540, if you are lucky, the processor will cost you less than in Japan. The price is definitely not low at all, however, fortunately AMD Athlon XP chips get cheaper quickly, so, the 3200+ probably will be more affordable in several weeks time. Furthermore, expect more price cuts from AMD.

Keep in mind that in order to use the new AMD Athlon XP processor your mainboard should support 400MHz bus.