Topic: Mobile Athlon XP Available
The Register is carrying a story about the launch of the new mobile chip from AMD based on the Athlon XP. The Athlon XP-M (inventive name, isn't it) ships in 1400+, 1500+, 1600+, 1700+, 1800+, 2000+, 2200+, 2400+, 2500+ and 2600+ using the Thoroughbred core, and 2400+ and 2500+ using the Barton core. Here's a clip from the story:
[URLQUOTE=http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/29716.html]All the Athlon XP-Ms are fabbed at 0.13 micron using a copper process. They support a 266MHz frontside bus. They all offer AMD's PowerNow power conservation technology.
Thoroughbred-based parts contain 128KB of L1 and 256KB of L2 cache. The Barton chips contain 128KB of L1 and 512KB of L2 cache.
The Thoroughbred parts are, however, something of a stop-gap. AMD claims Barton-based chips will be offered in all segments by "mid 2003".
Pricing for the Athlon XP-M (in 1000-unit batches) ranges from $71 to $147 for the low-voltage 1400+ to the 1800+, and $87 to $246 for the full-voltage 1400+ to 2600+.[/URLQUOTE]
As expect, I'm really curious how they will perform for mobile gaming. OEMs should have new boxes available based on the chips in the first half of this year.
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