Comments on: AMD Developing Low Power CPU for Tiny Cheap Laptops http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/06/amd_developing_low_power_cpu_for_tiny_cheap_laptops-2/ the Gadget Guide | Technology and consumer electronics news and reviews Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:35:38 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Electric Magnetic http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/06/amd_developing_low_power_cpu_for_tiny_cheap_laptops-2/comment-page-1/#comment-8943 Electric Magnetic Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:16:50 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/06/amd_developing_low_power_cpu_for_tiny_cheap_laptops-2.html#comment-8943 <p>8W isn't suitable for the UMPC market unless they are planning on underclocking them, and look what happened on the EeePC701 - everyone clocked them back up to 900mhz and had serious heat issues. I had to mod my EeePC to run comfortably at that clock (and that was the manufactured clock speed).</p> <p>Anyway I made a great picture to go with this topic... check this<br /> http://electricvagabonddownunder.blogspot.com/2008/06/amd-cries-up-and-atom.html</p> 8W isn’t suitable for the UMPC market unless they are planning on underclocking them, and look what happened on the EeePC701 – everyone clocked them back up to 900mhz and had serious heat issues. I had to mod my EeePC to run comfortably at that clock (and that was the manufactured clock speed).

Anyway I made a great picture to go with this topic… check this
http://electricvagabonddownunder.blogspot.com/2008/06/amd-cries-up-and-atom.html

]]> By: adamnfish http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/06/amd_developing_low_power_cpu_for_tiny_cheap_laptops-2/comment-page-1/#comment-8942 adamnfish Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:13:06 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/06/amd_developing_low_power_cpu_for_tiny_cheap_laptops-2.html#comment-8942 <p>"Why don't they concentrate on making desktop processors that can actually compete with intel before trying to our them on the mobile market."</p> <p>Intel started focusing on new mobile-oriented mobile processor architectures a few years back, which is when AMD started to compare favourably in the desktop space. A few years down the line and the R&D they did has filtered up to the desktop chips and blown AMD out of the water.<br /> It's no good getting Phenoms that are clocked a bit higher - AMD to take a step back and re-think their approach. Hopefully if they can innovate in the challenging portable market they'll be able to sort themselves out and rekindle the desktop competition we used to love...</p> “Why don’t they concentrate on making desktop processors that can actually compete with intel before trying to our them on the mobile market.”

Intel started focusing on new mobile-oriented mobile processor architectures a few years back, which is when AMD started to compare favourably in the desktop space. A few years down the line and the R&D they did has filtered up to the desktop chips and blown AMD out of the water.
It’s no good getting Phenoms that are clocked a bit higher – AMD to take a step back and re-think their approach. Hopefully if they can innovate in the challenging portable market they’ll be able to sort themselves out and rekindle the desktop competition we used to love…

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