A collection of Athlon XP processors. From left to right there is a 1700+, 1800+, 2000+ and 3200+. The first three use AMD's 180nm 'Palomino' core, and were released in 2001. The righthand 3200+ model uses the 130nm 'Barton' core and was released in 2003. You will notice that the 130nm processor is physically smaller than the 180nm ones. This shrinking core size led to AMD introducing integrated heat spreaders on the Athlon 64 processor, as the smaller (and hotter) a processor got, the less surface area it had to contact the heatsink and the more difficult it became to cool it.
 

A collection of Athlon XP processors. From left to right there is a 1700+, 1800+, 2000+ and 3200+. The first three use AMD's 180nm 'Palomino' core, and were released in 2001. The righthand 3200+ model uses the 130nm 'Barton' core and was released in 2003. You will notice that the 130nm processor is physically smaller than the 180nm ones. This shrinking core size led to AMD introducing integrated heat spreaders on the Athlon 64 processor, as the smaller (and hotter) a processor got, the less surface area it had to contact the heatsink and the more difficult it became to cool it.

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Vintage tech photos: remember any of these PC parts?

21 May 2010  |  Comments

The PC Authority labs have been due for a cleanout and in the process we have uncovered a treasure trove of old hardware. In this gallery we look at the old 32-Bit Athlon and Duron CPUs from AMD as well as a collection of memory types from back at the turn of the century.

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