One year after the fist Athlons were introduced, a press release from AMD announces the release, and shipment of the 1.1GHz AMD Athlon processor. The first customers, of course, will be the big system builders, but should be hitting the comsumer market very soon. To affirm this, AMD stated in the same press release that they will have shipped 3.6 million 7th generation CPUs at the end of this fiscal quarter (Q3), and expect to double that at the end of Q4. Pricing on this CPU will be $853 in 1000 unit quantities, which AMD feels will enable the end-user to purchase a Leading-Edge PC for about $2500.

Pricing for the rest of the Athlon/Duron line will be as follows: (From their press release)

The 1.1GHz, 1GHz, 950MHz, 900MHz, 850 MHz, and 800 MHz AMD Athlon processors are priced at $853, $612, $460, $350, $282, and $215 respectively, each in 1,000-unit quantities. The 700MHz, 650MHz, and 600MHz AMD Duron processors are priced at $138, $103, and $79 respectively, each in 1,000-unit quantities.