Early reports on AMD’s latest processor
(code-named Palomino) are out. This processor, which has a 37-mil-lion transistor core, will be called the Athlon 4 and marks AMD’s first serious perform-ance product for mobile com-puting products. Athlon 4 will initially
come in four speeds: 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 950 MHz and 1 GHz for mobile computers. According to AMD, Com-paq will probably become the first PC manufacturer to offer the Athlon 4, in its Presario notebook.The mobile version of the Athlon 4 will feature AMD’s PowerNow! technology, which allows the processor to dynamically change its clock speed and operating voltage depending on the applications and demands on the CPU. The 1 GHz Athlon 4 will make use of the PowerNow! technology to scale from 500 MHz to 1 GHz and run at voltages of 1.2 V to 1.4 V.This technolgy is AMD’s answer to Intel’s SpeedStep technology, which made the Pentium III processors extremely popular with laptop and notebook manufacturers. Also being launched is the mobile Duron, which is based on the Morgan core. This will constitute AMD’s value solution for mobile computers.The desktop version of the Athlon 4 is expected go up against the Pentium 4 sometime later this year.
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come in four speeds: 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 950 MHz and 1 GHz for mobile computers. According to AMD, Com-paq will probably become the first PC manufacturer to offer the Athlon 4, in its Presario notebook.The mobile version of the Athlon 4 will feature AMD’s PowerNow! technology, which allows the processor to dynamically change its clock speed and operating voltage depending on the applications and demands on the CPU. The 1 GHz Athlon 4 will make use of the PowerNow! technology to scale from 500 MHz to 1 GHz and run at voltages of 1.2 V to 1.4 V.This technolgy is AMD’s answer to Intel’s SpeedStep technology, which made the Pentium III processors extremely popular with laptop and notebook manufacturers. Also being launched is the mobile Duron, which is based on the Morgan core. This will constitute AMD’s value solution for mobile computers.The desktop version of the Athlon 4 is expected go up against the Pentium 4 sometime later this year.
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