AMD Announces Transition to .13 Micron Technology

HANNOVER, GERMANY -- At CeBIT, AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced that it plans to begin shipping AMD Athlon(TM) XP processors codenamed "Thoroughbred" based on .13 micron technology to customers later this month. The move to state-of-the-art .13 process technology represents a significant evolution for the AMD Athlon processor family. With this transition, AMD expects its processors to deliver improved performance, lower power and smaller die sizes.