AMD Denies Reports of Barcelona Ship Date Slippage
Reports in The Inquirer and a separate British technology blog citing OEM sources as saying they've been alerted to expect delays in shipments of its new quad-core Barcelona CPUs in all but the 1.9 GHz "HE" lower-power frequencies, were soundly denied this morning to BetaNews by an AMD spokesperson.
"As per our previous guidance," the spokesperson commented, "production on the 2.0 GHz parts has started, and we are on track to ship them for revenue this month." The official retail release date for Barcelona processors remains September 10, when customers are advised to expect standard edition processors at 2.0 GHz and low-power editions at 1.9 GHz. This corresponds with initial release dates announced in June and confirmed in early July.
The British blog also mentioned the Taiwanese industry daily DigiTimes as a source for its delay news, though in recent months, its track record for predicting delays based on statements by its motherboard manufacturing sources, has been mediocre if not poor.
