PC Stats has posted an AMD AthlonXP 3000+ Barton Processor review

In the latter half of 2002, all AMD could talk about was about their 64-bit processor code named "Hammer." Hammer this, Hammer that. You'd think the Hammer line of processors was the next best thing after sliced bread! Unfortunately for AMD, things did not pan out as they had hoped and Hammer... well let's just say we're still waiting for it. Today though, we're testing out AMD's AthlonXP 3000+ processor which is based on the core code named "Barton." The Barton core is the last core of the fan favorite K7 Athlon, and a holdover before the K8 Athlon is realized. Unlike the transition from the Palomino core (0.18 micron process) to the Thoroughbred core (0.13 micron process) which was simply a die shrink, AMD have added something new to the Barton core! AMD have incorporated an extra 256KB of L2 cache on the core, thus giving it a grand total of 512 KB L2 cache.

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