CPU/Mobo More AMD Turion X2 details emerge

[dipdude]

May 9 is the day

MORE SPECS HAVE LEAKED about the new Turion X2s since we last told you about them. Also, according to PC Welt, there is now a line above the 1.075v models, and they run at a more traditional 1.2v.

The date has now been narrowed down to May 9th, it was up in the air a bit when we last wrote it up, and the 2.0GHz MT model looks to have been put out a quarter, darn those yields. With 35W parts sitting above the 25W ones on performance, the gamer set won't be too disappointed with the offering, but FX-60 killers they are not.

Speaking of killers, these chips will line up quite credibly against Yonah, but they don't look to be a clean kill by any means. The disappearance of the 2.0GHz MT part indicates that they are pushing the edge on power, so AMD does not have a huge performance per watt advantage.

That said, with laptops, the devil is in the details, and we won't know for sure until people get their hands on them and run real battery and performance tests.

 

[dipdude]

Directly competing with Intel's Core Duo, the new Turion X2's are supposed to pack quite a punch

Ramp up in processor production from both AMD and Intel has been healthy for the last several months, with a good amount of units being shipped from both companies. AMD has never been better, shipping solid quantities of processors throughout the channel.

On May 9th, AMD is poised to announce an enitre family of new Turion X2 64 processors. According to datasheets, AMD will be releasing seven different flavors of Turions with the entry-level unit starting at 1.6GHz and the flagship topping out at 2.2GHz with 2MB of L2 cache.

The new CPUs will also come in low-voltage flavors for the mobile market, in which the new CPUs will be directly competing with Intel's Core Duo mobile processors. Traditionally, Intel has been ahead of the game when it comes to the mobile market. AMD, however, is hoping to gain more marketshare, similar in the way it has done with the desktop market. According to AMD, more Turion flavors will come after the initial seven are released in May.

 

[Harshal]

Nice... real smooth.. in reaction, Intel will cut price on its processor and ultimatly notebooks with Core Duo will be more affordable Not to mention Turion X2 will be marginally cheaper from start compared to Intel's Core Duo.