It seems to be obligatory these days to do sightings of products. Sometimes they get to be a bit like the grainy images of Big Foot.

The mighty, might Opteron server in a 2P value server configuration. That's a mighty Big Footprint.

But, in this case, AMD is pulling out all the stops. The company has already begun the seeding process with developers. AMD is running a little behind with Intel on this one, but the more they show the silicon is there, or getting there, the more they can get leverage to win applications support from 64-bit developers. Of course, it's worth noting that Intel has had a bit of a head start with McKinley, to say the least. However, the more Opteron sees daylight, the better it has to be for AMD.

Clawhammer system running on the Opteron server's network. Clawhammer will is going to be the Athlon desktop flagship CPU for AMD by end of 2002.

In the meantime, Clawhammer/Athlon 8th Generation is going to be the first product we will get to test drive. So, why the pre-pre-pre-release sightings? That is a mystery of the Web phenomenon that is AMD.