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New Mobile Athlon 64 Guns for CentrinoBy Enterprise IT Planet StaffSeptember 21, 2004
Now AMD wants a piece of the action. AMD yesterday unveiled the Mobile Athlon 64 3000+ "designed for thin and light notebook computing" processor, which not only crams 64-bit computing into a sliver of a form factor, but also makes use of the virus-busting capabilities inherent in Windows XP SP2. Pitched as a security benefit, the new 3000+ thin and light mobile chip supports SP2's non-execute (NX) code, which prevents buffer overflows, one of virus coders' attack vectors of choice. The processor's own low voltage and cooler-running 90-nanometer design is complemented by the company's PowerNow! technology that dynamically "throttles up" the chip only as higher demands are placed on it, preserving battery life under normal loads. Clocked at 2.0 GHz, the part packs 68.5 million into 84 square millimeters, complete with 512 KB L2 cache. It also features HyperTransport high-speed I/O technology. Practically standard issue on today's notebooks, WLAN support, a key Centrino selling point, is left up to individual hardware manufacturers. One of the first notebooks to house the chip is Acer's racy and distinctively hued Ferrari 3400 (yes, like the brand of exotic cars), which hits Europe later this month and the rest of the world in October. Available now, the Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processor 3000+ costs $241 each in 1,000-unit quantities.
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