For the love of god that is not the time AMD made the AthlonXP!
Otherwise even the first Athlons would've been done in the same year.
THIS is the YEAR of THE ATHLON INTRODUCTION, the ATHLON TRADEMARK.
In 1999, the K7 was unleashed, in 1999, therefore, the Athlon name was created.
This is just that, because it would NOT make sense if it were a date for ALL AMD's CPUs!
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