Ten years ago this week, AMD launched the first consumer x86 64-bit processors, the Athlon 64 FX-51 and Athlon 64 3200+. It remains one of the most exciting products that I ever covered -- the ...

"Customers who invest in 64-bit technology with the AMD Athlon 64 or AMD Opteron processors can run their current 32-bit applications on the 64-bit operating system due to Microsoft?s Windows on ...

AMD managed to do quite a few things on September 23rd of last year. That was the release date for the Athlon 64 FX-51 CPU and Athlon 64 Model 3200+ processor. Previously, AMD's consumer-level ...

AMD unveiled their new Athlon 64 FX-53 CPU today at CeBIT. Also based on AMD's Opteron server CPUs, the successor to the 64-bit FX-51 gets a 200MHz speed boost to 2.4GHz while staying on the 130nm ...

Intel is hectically pushing the Pentium-D and Pentium-XE processors as their top of the line desktop solutions, whereas AMD's Athlon 64 X2 and ... The first FX processor was the FX-51 with a ...

Since the emergence of the Athlon 64 FX series with the FX-51 in late 2003 ... builders have almost exclusive relationships with AMD, to the point that they currently dont offer Pentium CPUs ...

a 64-bit solution," Fuller said. Among the processors available from AMD are the Athlon 64 FX-51, priced at $733; the Athlon 64 3200, priced at $417; and the Athlon 64 3000, priced at $278.

The FX-51 once again finished in first ... that seems to favor AMD processors in general.. Overall, we were impressed by the Athlon 64 3400+. With an introductory price of $417 (in 1K unit ...

AMD's top-of-the-line Athlon 64 FX-51 model for desktops, which runs at 2.2GHz, will sell for $733 in 1,000-unit quantities, AMD said. The company will also offer a standard Athlon 64 Model 3200 ...

Recent processors released by AMD using their 90nm production process, including the Venice core which powers a load of mass-market low-to-high-end CPUs with the Athlon 64 moniker and the dual ...