AMD to enter netbook market
I attended an online press briefing this morning where senior management of AMD outlined their strategy going forward. Mobile nut that I am I was especially looking for news about their mobile computing intentions and in spite of stating in the past that they had no aims on the netbook market they do indeed plan to enter it. Their netbook processing chipset, code-named Yukon, will be introduced in the first half of 2009. What is a bit confusing is that the power footprint they quoted for the Yukon is 25 W TDP. When you consider that the competing Intel Atom has a 2.5 W TDP you wonder how this will work exactly. The Yukon offering combines both the CPU and the graphics and that contributes to the high power requirements but even if you combine the Atom requirements with that of Intel’s 945 chipset you only get 8.5 W. Expect more information as it becomes available down the road.
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A netbook format, but not using the fusion CPU/GPU single package, i wonder what it is…………
low-power dual-core Phenom II at .045u and probably around 1.6GHz
low-power 780G chipset at .055u, hopefully paired with the SB750
Could be a very compelling product when put in a 10″ chassis!
The entire Yukon platform is <25W (CPU+Chipset), not just the CPU. Don't forget that the CPU and chipset are both in new low cost, low z-scale, BGA packages. And it can play real games and play HD video, unlike Atom platforms.