AMD has just outed a selection of new Athlon II procs, which do little to help it reclaim
the performance crown, but will be of interest to anyone who likes to keep things minimal -- whether we're talking about prices or temperatures. Starting at $69 per chip (when bought in bulk) with the 2.7GHz dual-core X2 235e and topping out at $143 for the 2.3GHz quad-core X4 605e, AMD's new e-tagged processors operate within a 45W thermal envelope, as opposed to the relatively standard 65W TDP. The Sunnyvale outfit makes some ill-advised claims of "up to 75 percent" better performance versus comparable Intel CPUs -- the small print tells us that number is derived from 3DMark Vantage while testing with different GPUs -- but we suppose until the
Thuban six-core shows up, AMD will have to take performance gains from wherever it can get 'em, including its own imagination.
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AMD 's new Athlon II processors aim to go easy on the power, your wallet originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Last time we saw Gateway's 11.6-inch LT3100 it was buried in a heap of
other Acer / eMachines netbook reveals, including the
Timeline. Now it's gone official, and the big surprise here is that the self-proclaimed netbook is sporting a processor from AMD -- you know, the company who has largely
shunned netbooks while later looking to differentiate with the
"ultra-portable" Athlon Neo processor. The 1.2GHz Athlon 64 L110 is what's packed in here, in addition to integrated ATI Radeon X1270 graphics, WXGA resolution, up to 2GB RAM and 250GB HDD, card reader, 802.11b/g, webcam, three USB 2.0 port, and a 6-cell Li-ion battery. Not sure if it's because they shied away from Atom or not, but instead of XP we've got Windows Vista Basic for the OS. Available in NightSky Black and Cherry Red, it should be out soon-ish with prices starting at $400.
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Gateway's AMD-packing LT3100 netbook unleashed originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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