AMD starts shipping 90 nanometre chips
 

CHIP FIRM AMD is telling investors who ask that it has started shipping 90 nanometre Athlon 64 microprocessors.

Although it hasn't said which vendors have started shipping the chips, it said a few vendors are using the process shrink in their machines.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=18377

does anyone know how we can tell these 90nm variants from the 130nm ones?

Should find your answer here: http://www.amdboard.com/90nm.html

Wow, lots of info (links) on A64 there: http://www.amdboard.com/athlon_64_special.html

that's why it's called AMDBoard :)