Just noticed this post over at www.xbitlabs.com:
Thoroughbred: New Details Revealed
Posted 4/15/02 at 11:25 pm by Rat
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/story.html?id=1018927516
AMD has recently spread a very interesting document among its closest partners proving the recently revealed info about the schedule for the new desktop Athlon XP processor based on 0.13micron Thoroughbred core. It is true: this CPU will appear only in the end of this quarter. According to the document, Thoroughbred will launch between mid-May and the end of June.
Also they claim that the first Athlon XP processor on Thoroughbred core will be marked as 2200+ and will work at 1800MHz. Then in Q3 the rating of Athlon XP (Thoroughbred) will reach 2400+ and by the end of the year the top Athlon XP will be the 2600+ one.
AMD insists that there will be three differences between palomino and the new Thoroughbred:
* CPUID will be changed to 680h;
* Vcore will be reduced down to 1.65V;
* The passive components, which used to be situated in the lower part of the processor, will now be moved to its upper part.