Originally posted by TourDeForce:
Historically AMD has had problems in the power consumption area of mobile computing. An integrated graphics/vid platform with the known ATI ability to perform in laptops might be a great benefit to the future of AMD. Who knows how much of that technology/architecture will translate to the AMD processors.



I don't have any facts, but I've heard the Turion 64 setup is on par with the Dothan/Sonoma Pentium Ms...

But when the Core Duos came out, that was wasted, now the Core2s coming out... AMD needs something.

And I read on Toms Hardware that AMD had to slash pricing nearly 45% just to be competitive with the new Intel stuff...

I really hope AMD can have another great innovation like the original Athlons of yore that would stomp a similiarly clocked Intel CPU for a lot less $$$.

Which, for those who don't know, is why AMD brought back the old PR rating Cyrix, Winchip, and others used to use back when the Pentium I first came out (i.e. a 2.2GHz CPU being rated at "3400+" which means that the 2.2GHz Athlon has the same performance as a 3.4GHz Pentium). Now that Intel dropped the P4s and are going to this Core setup (which have way more performace per clock cycle than a Pentium, and they're still sold by true clock speed), AMD is going to have to counter this... or not (which would make the AMD appear to be WAY faster to the untrained consumer eye).

I could use the PR rating on my Sonoma based 2.13GHz Pentium M and say it's a "Pentium M '3400'" since it has shown to outperform a 3.2GHz P4 w/HT disabled.

But anyway, enough of the history lesson... I just hope that AMD doesn't let Intel take over.

I wub AMD!

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