AMD Athlon taken on board by Compaq

Chip giant AMD has announced that its seventh-generation Athlon processor will be included in Compaq's Presario 7000Z PC.

By Chris Holbrook, 23 February 2001 15:40

NEWS AMD's processor will work at speeds up to 1.2GHz, incorporating double data rate memory technology. The Compaq machine, geared towards video editing, CAD/CAM, streaming media and gaming applications, will retail from $1,699 and includes 128 MB memory, 80GB hard drive and video editing software.

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