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If Slot A is Athlon, is Slot B Bi-Athlon?

24 June 1999

It was five years ago today... Short, sweet and pleasing - that's today's dip into the well of history:

If Slot A is Athlon, is Slot B Bi-Athlon?

By Team Register
Published Wednesday 23rd June 1999 11:13 GMT

A reader points out Athlon is AMD's uniprocessor, and that should make Slot B, which we announced at the end of last week, the Bi-Athlon. He also says that we can expect Triathlons, Pentathlons and Decathlons. Is there no limit to these Olympian aims?


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