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AMD Launches Low-Voltage Processors

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the cooling-things-down dept.

mgoulding writes "CoolTechZone reports that AMD has released its low-power Athlon processors, which are designed to target the ultra-lightweight notebook market. The low-voltage chips will use smaller batteries and produce less heat. Acer plans to ship systems using the processors by the end of May." Acer plans to use them in their Ferrari line of thin laptops.

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  1. Low Voltage Battery + Smaller battery = ? by SCSi · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So this means that laptops will still have the same low battery life as they do now. Why dont they make low voltage processors with larger batteries so you can get more than a few hours of runtime.

  2. Low-voltage + PowerNow == PentiumM Competition by david_reese · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Previously, only the VIA and Transmeta chips were in the same range of power consumption (actually much less) as the Pentium-M (which, tho I'm an AMD fan, is a pretty sweet processor). But those processors were pretty lightweight in the power department.

    Now the Athlon64 mobiles, which already run at a cool 800Mhz when not taxed, combined with a voltage decrease, should create something that is at the same time powerful, yet battery-preserving.

    Kicker: it's AMD64, so if you have 64bit OS and apps, it will really dominate.