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AMD's New Low-Power CPUs

Posted by timothy on from the you-fools-you're-helping-people dept.

illumina+us writes "AMD has released a new family of CPUs targeted at the portable computing market. The new CPUs, collectively named Alchemy, consume less than 1Watt of power. The CPUs have already been named the CPU of choice for Tivo's new Tivo-To-Go technology and are powerful enugh to run DivX, WMV9, and MPEG. The AU1550 consumes just 0.5 Watts at 400 MHz and the AU1100 consumes 0.25 at the same clock speed. These processors consume so little energy they don't even need a heatsink."

4 of 321 comments (clear)

  1. Re:imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And yet, you're still here. Amazing!

  2. 20 watts by SWTP_OS9 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just saw Toms Hardware with a review on the Mac Mini. Stated it only eats 20 watts and 28 watts for DVD playback. With a PC eating 160 watts.

    Not bad for a little 1.2~1.4Ghz box!

    They also had a review on SFF units. Still noize! Looked like a hardware hack to the Mini.

  3. Re:imagine... by mattyrobinson69 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    you stopped reading slashdot eh? When you returned, were you shunned and labeled anonymous coward?

  4. Re:imagine... by cheezfreek · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Stopped reading /. except for what you read in order to post the above comment, eh?

    "She turned me into a newt...I got better."