AMD IS LAUNCHING A SERIES of new Athlon MP processors today, finally bringing the Athlon MP up to the same clock speeds the non-multiprocessor Athlons have enjoyed for a while now. Normally, upon such an event, we here at TR would have a massive benchmark-fest ready for you, packed with results from all the competitive hardware in a wide range of tests—all thanks to the magic of our child-labor benchmarking sweatshop in Malaysia.

This is not that article. Instead, we're going to give you a quick first look at AMD's new high-end multiprocessor chip, the Athlon MP 1800+. We'll follow up with a more comprehensive article later, once our sweatshop delivers more results. Nevertheless, we've done enough preliminary testing to give you some idea how the new Athlon MP 1800+ compares to its predecessor, the 1.2GHz Athlon MP. Also, we've got the dirt on all the new developments in the AMD SMP scene. Read up to get the scoop.