the parts they received, in accordance to what i've stated above, are EARLY B2 samples. notice the different stamping on the IHS and the handwritten text. they should have most of the errata eradicated (i don't know what was on that spin list) but should not be viewed as a production ready processor. However, given AMD's stated intentions of shipping these for revenue in Q4, i'm going to assume that by the end of this month/mid october, they should be in production form.

cheers,

dave