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AMD focused on the ultra-portable market .. for now

Started by krunker · 7 months ago

Hoping AMD will enter the netbook processor market? Well you might have to wait a bit longer.
The company held their 2008 Financial Analyst Day today where they unveiled their upcoming 2009 and 2010 processor roadmap. On the roadmap, the company unveiled several new platforms and processor ... Continue reading »

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  • Paul Hole

    7 months ago

    Yukon platform is <25W (CPU+Chipset), not just the CPU. Don't forget that the CPU and chipset are both in new low cost, low z-scale, BGA packages. and it can play real games and play HD video, unlike Atom platforms.
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  • krunker

    7 months ago

    Yes that's a good point - I'll make sure to clarify that - however, the thermal envelope is still higher than the Atom + chipset envelope which is roughly 11 watts. The main point here is - Yukon is unlikely (though not impossible) to be seen in netbook systems.. at least not the "traditional" netbook systems we have come to know of which would be 10 inch systems. Maybe 13 inch ultraportable notebooks that get renamed as mininotebooks/netbooks.

    This does go to show that the line between ultraportables and netbooks is a fine one at that. One person's netbook is another's ultra-portable?
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  • kiteboarding

    4 months ago

    Just came across this post through google search results and found it really very interesting read, you have covered the topic very well! thanks for the post.
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