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The mysterious AMD Athlon XP “Thorton” processor today got its real face at a web-site. As you might see, being a hybrid, Thorton looks like a Barton, but due to disabled 256KB of L2 cache performs like a Thoroughbred.

The processor on the picture provided by a web-site is marked as AXDC2200DUV3C. It means that this is a 2200+ chip with 256KB of L2 for 266MHz EV-6 FSB in OPGA package with 1.60V Vcore and critical die temperature of 85 degrees Celsius.

At this point I cannot tell you whether the Thortons will be good overclockers or not. As experience of overclocking Intel Celeron chips reveals, CPUs with disabled part of L2 cache can run at very high clock-speeds, though, I do not know if it is effective for AMD Athlon XP chips based on Thorton core or not.

The main idea of Thorton core is to reduce the cost of CPUs while sustaining their profitability at admissible levels, I should add.

If you have never seen a Barton, and want to take a look at the very same chip, but at this time called Thorton, try searching this web-site, for chip, not Billy Thornton, an actor.

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But they have the tbred with 256kb cache! Why don't continue to manufacture it?
Are there so much barton's with half of the l2 broken?
[Posted by: NS  | Date: 06/27/03 01:08:25 AM]
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Hi everyone, well, I've got Thorton Model 10 for surefull, but it's got bridges under a laminate!!! Well, in the matter of fact, I went further... I screwed up a laminate and closed the L2 bridges. But no success... Any ideas for that? Whats goin on? I`ve bought my Thorton in Winter 2003, I doubt that AMD were clever then about it...
[Posted by: Ahead  | Date: 09/18/04 12:06:19 PM]

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