14 DAY TRIAL // Not long ago, it was reported that Advanced Micro Devices was getting very close to launching a significant number of central processing units for mobile PCs. This included multiple new Phenom II chips, as well as Athlon and Turion parts. What remained to be seen, however, was how they would actually fare on a market more or less dominated by Intel's 32nm CPUs with integrated graphics. Reuters comes now to shed some light on this matter, even suggesting that said processors would perform better than one would expect.
“People familiar with the matter who work for AMD said the company's latest microprocessors are expected to be included in 109 mainstream laptop models in the coming months” is what the report states. The exact platforms being launched were not specifically mentioned, but they are most likely the Danube and Nile, meant for the mainstream and ultraportable markets, respectively.
"This is the first time we've seen this much attention to our notebooks," the source said, referring to the company's laptop chips, reports Reuters. “Typically more design wins dictate more sales.”
The Danube platform includes dual-core, triple-core and quad-core central processing units based on the 45nm manufacturing process technology. These CPUs are codenamed Champlain. The Nile includes Geneva dual-core chips, also based on the 45nm process.
All of them will boast an increase in power efficiency and will be paired with DDR3 RAM and DirectX 10.1 graphics. Also, similar to AMD's Thubans and graphics cards, these parts should actually be cheaper than their Intel-spawned competitors.
Notebooks that may boast either of these many components include the V105-powered 10.1-inch Aspire One, with a clock of 1.2GHz (slowest of the Geneva lineup). HP, Dell, Acer and Lenovo are expected to unleash their own models as well. Newcomers should start making their appearances sometime in June.