According to The Inquirer, it looks as though AMD is having the same trouble getting its 1.33GHz DDR Athlon out the door that Intel is having with the Pentium 4. Said Athlon is being back ordered until the last week of this month. Intel is in the same boat with the Pentium 4. While PC OEMs may have buckets of them, none are getting out in boxes to the general public. Take a look at The Inquirer's scoop on the AMD backup as well as the P4 drought .