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Intel's notebook supremacy to be challenged by AMD The company has launched AMD Turion 64	By 17th of January 2005, 17:40 GMT Adjust text size:


Advanced Micro Devices doesn't have much say when it comes to notebooks since the big dog around barking at mobile systems is and has always been Intel and lately the Centrino Technology. The Consumer Electronic Show held in Las Vegas was the perfect opportunity for AMD to announce that it will start a head to head combat with the main competitor, Intel, for being the notebook processors main supplier. The company has launched AMD Turion 64, a 64bit mobile processor that will go up against Intel's Centrino chipset, which means it has to have the best performance, autonomy and networking around. Considering that Intel doesn't just lie on it's back and that the Sonoma platform is well on her way things should heat up pretty fast, and we'll see just how well notebook take that. What AMD hopes for is that Turion's 64-bit capabilities will make a very competitive solution of it even if battery life isn't exactly one of their strong points. The company didn't release exact technical details of the processor, but made strong promises that computers using this new technology will be available mid-year. "We expect this new product family will set a precedent for mobile PCs in the same way that AMD Opteron did for servers. AMD will be the first to market with leading technologies, bringing a complete family of high-performance, 32- and 64bit processors made for mobility", said Marty Seyer, general manager of the microprocessor business unit at AMD.

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