AMD Chip Colors

[Damins]

Can anyone tell me why some AMD cpus are a tan and others are forest green? And if there is any diffrence:)

[RamonGTP]

Not really sure what the difference is. About a year ago, AMD was SUPPOSE to move to the green and discontinue the brown. Thats what I read anyway. Obviously they're still producing both. What I do know is that all of the retail CPU's i've gotten have been green. While my OEM purchases have varied, sometimes green, sometimes brown.

[Imperion1]

Different manufacturing plants.

[porsch1909]

i think it depends on wether it is a barton or th'bred

[sm8000]

Nope.

[zybch]

Originally posted by Imperion1
Different manufacturing plants.

I thought ALL the CPUs came out of the Dresden fab.
I guess they might be assembled onto the substrates elsewhere though.

[fishybawb]

It's a conspiracy to keep message boards clogged up with people asking what the difference is.

[sm8000]

I thought there were fabs in Dresden, Ohio, Austin, and Malaysia (Singapore?)....

[dougander3]

Here are the colors...


http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support_detail.php?UID=amdcpu

[sm8000]

Not quite the answer. There are brown Bartons and green ones, for example.

[Imperion1]

This question came up well over a year ago. And the color is not Barton specific. Its with all the AMD cpu's.
I have 2 Barton 2500+, one is green (Assembled in Malaysia) and the other is brown (don't know where its from, its in the computer I'm using right now).