AMD Athlon (Barton Core)

Here are some images of the first line of new AMD's AthlonXP processors based on the new Barton core!

The core itself looks like the one of previous AthlonXP processors with Thoroughbred core. Its small increasement in size is caused by the increasement of L2 Cache memory to 512kB. The processor's codename tells us the Front Side Bus (FSB) clock, which is at 333MHz.

The processor featured on the pics (left) has a frequency of 1833MHz. AMD officials announced that the first AthlonXP processors with Barton core will be the AthlonXP 2800+, which real frequency should be 1833Mhz. This processor is meant to compete with Intel's Pentium4 2.8GHz, which real frequency is 1000MHz bigger. The question is: Will it really succeed?