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Intel Atom Competitor from AMD: Rumors

Daniel Fleshbourne   on 19 June 2008 - 12:21 · 3 comments & 3620 views

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The launch of Intel Atom processors is expected to stimulate the MID/netbook market growth dramatically. It would be surprising if Intel rivals would pass on the opportunity to compete with them in this new market. There appeared a slide today revealing an upcoming AMD processor that is claimed to be the No.1 competitor to Intel Atom and VIA Nano.

This single-core 64-bit processor features 128KB (64KB + 64KB) L1 cache, 256KB L2 cache, features an integrated memory controller supporting one DDR2-400 SDRAM DIMM or SO-DIMM module. The CPU features a HyperTransport bus working at 800MHz frequency. The CPU runs at 1GHz clock speed and boasts 8W TDP. The CPU is designed in BGA packaging with 812 pins that measures 27 x 27mm.

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#1 g0dlike on 19 Jun 2008 - 15:25
FTA: "we doubt that the CPU on the slide is that competitive, because the TDP of 8W is too high. Atom’s TDP is only 2.5W and even if we add the 4W TDP of Intel i945GSE chipset, which, by the way, has an integrated graphics core absent in the upcoming AMD processor, the total number will still be only 6.5W."
That sums it up well.
#2 RAID 0 on 19 Jun 2008 - 17:38
I wish AMD would compete with desktop CPUs from Intel. Bring on 8 cores!
#3 Azmodan on 19 Jun 2008 - 19:21
Sounds great, UMPCs are the future! Right now the current choices we have for Netbooks is Via and Intel, I'd like to see competition from AMD!

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