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Here's the link and the relevant part quoted. 

The story says Athlon but I think it would me more likely to be next
generation Hammer processors which are not far from commercial release.

http://www.macedition.com/nmr/nmr_20021112.php

>Area ’86
>
>The Blade isn’t the Mac industry’s only wandering Shmoo, according to the 
>latest reports from the front lines of Apple’s sub rosa Mac OS X-on-x86 
>efforts.
>
>The Blade’s cruise directors aver that the project is aimed at providing an 
>alternative in case of PowerPC Armageddon, not generating an actual shipping 
>product.
>
>Nevertheless, these observers report that Apple has been serious enough 
>about its ace in the hole to seed a few lucky civilians with prototype boxes 
>– delivered heavily swaddled in layers of cloak-and-dagger security, natch. 
>Specifically, recent testers report taking delivery of Athlon-powered boxes 
>that Apple had assiduously welded shut to prevent prying eyes from ogling 
>whatever other gremlins might be lurking inside these nondescript beige 
>chassis.
>
>On the software side, the mystery units have been stocked with current 
>versions of Mac OS X as well as several application packages in various 
>states of preparedness, including versions of Apple’s Final Cut Pro 
>video-editing software and “a popular, Mac OS X-only browser.” While the 
>applications exhibited a few rough edges, eyewitnesses attest, FCP “flew” on 
>the AMD box compared with its performance on current PowerPC hardware.