Systems based on the AMD Athlon XP 2000+ processor are available from Compaq in the United States. Other products that stand out are: Hewlett-Packard Company, Micron PC and LLC in the United States and NEC-CI in Europe plan to offer systems based on the AMD Athlon XP 2000+ processor shortly. With the introduction of the AMD Athlon XP 2000+, AMD continues in its strategy as outlined with the introduction on the market of a DDR storage based PC chipset; professional and home users benefit from AMD innovations also with improved software performance.

The result of a tight cooperation between AMD and Microsoft has permitted the optimisation of the AMD Athlon XP processors for WindowsXP. Among the most varied applications Canopus DVRaptor-RT video editing system with the features and optimisation of the AMD Athlon XP 2000+ processor with QuantiSpeed architecture, offers a professional level platform for digital videos and for video editing.
AMD identifies AMD Athlon XP processors using a model number, instead of the clock frequency expressed in megahertz.

Model number indicated the corresponding application's performance among the various AMD Athlon XP processors and, at the same time, they convey the superiority of the architecture compared to other AMD Athlon processors. The higher the model number, the higher the performance. The AMD Athlon XP processor, integrating QuantiSpeed architecture, has 384KB cache memory full speed on-chip and supports AMD 3DNow Professional instructions to improve performance in multimedia applications.

AMD Athlon XP processor is compatible with Socket A infrastructure and supports an advanced  266MHz front side bus. AMD Athlon XP processors are manufactured using 0.18 micron AMD process technology with copper interconnections, at the AMD's Fab 30 in Dresda, Germany.

January.2002