AMD Mobile Dual-Core Processor - Yamato Platform

[FragTek]

On December 15th AMD showcased it's latest and greatest new processor. A mobile Dual Core A64! Have a look at this brief overview about the new processors. Looks like these will be based on the S1 platform considering the DDR2 memory, etc.

Without much hype, Advanced Micro Devices has showcased its next-generation mobile processor with advanced memory controller and two processing engines at an even in Japan. In conjunction with the processor, the world’s second largest maker of x86 chips has told about its Yamato project that is aimed at system developers and which is expected to ease development and manufacturing of AMD-based notebooks.

The goals of Yamato project is to enable notebooks running low-power AMD Turion 64 processors to work more than 5 hours using the battery power as well as to introduce validate platforms, which is expected to improve time-to-market for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The Yamato reference platform has been developed jointly by AMD, IBM Japan as well as NVIDIA Corp. Nevertheless, AMD will maintain its approach to allow any third-party chipset designers to offer core-logic sets for the new mobile technology by the company.

Read the entire article at X-bit Labs.

I have a feeling that these chips might turn out to be MONSTER overclockers...

 

[WC Annihilus]

Looks pretty tight man

 

[bloodthirst]

damn gotta love those low voltage cpu's

 

[dude_1885]

nice! amd have done it again!

 

[Eguy]

Intel should quit now before they humiliate themselfs AGAIN