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PC processors entered the Gigahertz era today in the year 2000 with AMD's Athlon
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Hacker News | Mar 7, 2026 | LorenDB
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Today, in the year 2000, AMD shipped an undisputable processor milestone, its 1 GHz Athlon CPU. The first AMD Athlon processors would debut in June 1999. The first gigahertz Athlon's tray price at launch was $1,299. Intel caught off guardIntel was caught with its pants down by the AMD 1 GHz processor shipment announcement.
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