AMD Announces Athlon 64 processor 3400+ for desktop PCs

AMD Ignites The New Year With Performance-Packed Mobile And Desktop AMD Athlon™ 64 Processors
The Next Step in Performance for Desktops and Desktop-Replacement Notebooks

AMD also announced the AMD Athlon 64 processor 3400+ for desktop PCs and desktop-replacement notebooks. The processor will be supported by HP’s configure-to-order desktop PC line in early 2004. The AMD Athlon 64 processor 3200+ began appearing in configure-to-order Compaq Presario 8000Z desktop PCs in November and as an option in configure-to-order HP Pavilion a450e desktop PCs in December. Fujitsu Siemens Computers and Fujitsu Ltd. will have desktop systems available immediately.

“The AMD Athlon 64 processor puts great performance in our consumer systems,” said Peter Esser, executive vice president, Volume Products at Fujitsu Siemens Computers. “This processor helps preserve our customers’ software investment by efficiently running existing applications while allowing them to transition to 64-bit computing at their own pace.”

“The AMD Athlon 64 processor 3400+ brings outstanding 32-bit performance and 64-bit capability to our high-end, compact desktop PC FMV-DESKPOWER C90GW/C, announced today,” said Kuniaki Saito, general manager, Fujitsu Limited Desktop and Workstation Products and Personal Computer Peripherals Divisions, Personal Systems Business Group. “Fujitsu is committed to providing PC offerings that best suit our customers’ needs. The AMD Athlon 64 processors help us enable those solutions.”

All desktop AMD Athlon 64 processors feature AMD’s Cool‘n’Quiet™ technology, designed to detect when full power is not needed and automatically adjust system power consumption, enabling a cooler, quieter system.

The AMD Athlon 64 processor 3400+ for desktop-replacement notebooks is designed for high-performance computing and wireless connectivity and offers AMD PowerNow!™ technology for advanced power management and optimized system battery life in addition to compatibility with all available wireless LAN solutions. High-performance system builders Alienware and Voodoo have both announced plans to release notebook systems based on the AMD Athlon 64 processor 3400+ for desktop-replacement notebooks in the first quarter of 2004.

Pricing and Availability

More than 60 manufacturers and system builders worldwide feature systems based on the AMD Athlon 64 family of processors. Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processors 3200+, 3000+ and 2800+ are priced at $293, $233 and $193, respectively, in 1,000-unit quantities. The AMD Athlon 64 processor 3400+ for desktop and desktop-replacement notebook computing is priced at $417 in 1,000-unit quantities.

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