AMD 760MP & Athlon MP - Dual Processor Heaven

Athlon MP – The Chip

The Athlon MP will be available in two versions at launch: 1.0GHz and 1.2GHz.  Both versions operate on the 133MHz DDR bus (effectively 266MHz). 

The future of the Athlon MP is pretty much the same as the desktop Athlon.  The Athlon MP will receive an upgrade to the Thoroughbred and eventually the Barton core with SOI.  For more information on Thoroughbred, Barton and SOI (as well as how it works) consult our Athlon 4 preview. 

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The rumors are obviously true as AMD shows in their above roadmap that they want the future Durons to be used in entry level servers. Since the current Durons work with the 760MP chipset (although again, they aren't validated for DP operation) we are able to get a sneak preview of what to expect from DP Durons with the Morgan core later this year.

The Athlon MP 1.2 and 1.0GHz parts are priced at $265 and $215 respectively in 1,000 unit quantities.  This is a markup of around $90 for the CPUs over their desktop counterparts.