Advanced Micro Devices is developing a low-power processor for mobile devices and sub-notebooks, the company confirmed Friday, quashing months of speculation that it had abandoned the project.
The chip will compete with Intel's Atom processor and potentially supplant AMD's low-power Geode x86 system-on-chip, which is included in One Laptop Per Child's XO laptop. Based on the x86 system-on-chip design acquired from National Semiconductor in 2003, Geode is also offered in thin clients and embedded equipment.
AMD declined to comment on release dates for the chip.
Plans to develop a low-power chip, code-named Bobcat, were first revealed by AMD last year. At the time, AMD officials described the chip as "designed for maximum energy efficiency and performance-per-watt for next-generation mobile devices, scaling as low as 1 watt."..........
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The chip will compete with Intel's Atom processor and potentially supplant AMD's low-power Geode x86 system-on-chip, which is included in One Laptop Per Child's XO laptop. Based on the x86 system-on-chip design acquired from National Semiconductor in 2003, Geode is also offered in thin clients and embedded equipment.
AMD declined to comment on release dates for the chip.
Plans to develop a low-power chip, code-named Bobcat, were first revealed by AMD last year. At the time, AMD officials described the chip as "designed for maximum energy efficiency and performance-per-watt for next-generation mobile devices, scaling as low as 1 watt."..........
More: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/148639/amd_takes_on_intel_with_its_own_lowpower_chip.html
