AMD Extends Line Of Mobile Athlon Processors
The chipmaker added two low-voltage chips designed for ultralight laptops and one aimed at the desktop- replacement market.Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is doing all it can to stay abreast of Intel in the laptop processor war.
AMD launched three new mobile processors in its Athlon XP-M line on Tuesday, adding a pair of low-voltage models targeting ultralight laptops and one aimed at desktop replacement systems, its highest-performance portable chip thus far.
The two power-miser processors, the Athlon 1900+ and 2000+, are designed for the thin and light laptops that on-the-road workers crave. Low-voltage processors make the smaller confines of petite portables possible--they consume less power and give off less heat.
Fujitsu PC will be one of the first laptop makers to use the Athlon 1900+, said AMD.
The Athlon 2800+, meanwhile, is both faster and consumes more power, making it suitable for the larger, heavier laptops lumped in the so-called "desktop replacement" market, portables intended to stay on the desktop the majority of the time.
AMD said that Time Computer, a U.K.-based manufacturer, will roll out a laptop this week incorporating the 2800+.
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