SOURCES SAID no one appeared to be more surprised than than Intel when AMD unexpectedly unannounced it wouldn't introduce its Athlon64/Clawhammer chip until Q3 of this year.
That's because Intel's own desktop strategy was largely posited on the Athlon64 being available earlier rather than later.

The delay may not matter too much, as long as Microsoft remembers to get the X86-64 OS for it out of the door in September.

Early reports from people who have samples of Barton, claim that the Barton chips, which are scheduled to appear soon at PR speeds of 3000+, will manage to give Intel's desktop CPUs a run for their money for a while longer.

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