by Anna Filatova
03/28/2002 | 11:34 PM
Well, it seems that the mainboard manufacturers remember very well about the problems during the shift from Athlon (Thunderbird) to Athlon XP (Palomino). This way it is not for nothing that they start double-checking if their products are compatible with 0.13micron Athlon (Thoroughbred) CPUs. And it does really make sense, as the engineering samples of these CPUs have been cropping up for a while now.
By this time we know about two mainboards, which should support the new Athlon. These are: ASUS A7N266-E (BIOS 1001.D 03/04/2002) and the well-known K7S5A from Elitegroup based on SiS735 chipset (the BIOS will be ready after the processor launch). Which mainboard will be the next to come?