March-April PAPER launch:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/story.html?id=1039655680
Your comments about 3rd quarter 2003 are probably about right.
If AMD could ramp up the speeds of these chips, they would have them for sale already.
Regarding benchmarks floating around; I have seen apple benchmarks that show the G4 500 as superior to the fastest current PC CPUs. Until the chips are out there for reputable people to bench and report then it is hard to make buying decisions.
Besides, maybe I am confusing things here. When I personally say "I am getting me some of that", then I dont mean next September. I mean in the next few weeks. The exception would be if I said "I am getting me another child".