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    Energy Efficiency of New Chips

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by 64bit, Jun 5, 2006.

  1. 64bit

    64bit Notebook Consultant

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    http://www.digitalworldtokyo.com/2006/06/ahead_of_the_curve_intel_pulls_1.php

    "Before I get to the amazing stuff, I'll veer off into the merely remarkable. AMD is now shipping Revision F AMD64 CPUs, aka "those AMD processors with the hardware virtualization support." The specifications for AMD's new dual-core Opteron include on-chip dual-channel DDR2 memory controllers, a 1,600MHz full-duplex Hypertransport I/O bus, a dedicated Direct Connect bus link between cores, 1MB of Level 2 cache per CPU, and an advanced power management solution that not only adds a deeper level of sleep to the CPU but chills the bus as well. I've told you that AMD had a long head start over Intel on power efficiency.

    Pardon me. Did I say "Opteron"? Shoot. Those are the specs for AMD's new notebook chip, the Turion 64 X2. The specs for AMD's Athlon 64 FX-62 power desktop CPU are similar, and these beasts are rolling out of the Fab as I type.
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  2. qwester

    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    there we go again ... oh boy when will this guy ever get bored. Oh I forget he's probably paid to do a job.
     
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    AMD has not even released the really power efficient chips yet. IIRC some of the new versions for AM2 are only 35W TDP, and these are desktop processors.
     
    strikeback03, Jun 6, 2006
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    Charr, Jun 7, 2006
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