AMD Prepping Triple, Quad Core Mobile CPUs

Hopefully this will help AMD compete in the mobile space, where it has always struggled. As long as they can keep the thermals and power usage down, of course.

Horray for competition!

If mobile AMD processors are able to actually tack on extra half an hour on battery life...this may push consumers to actually be steered towards AMD mobile processors (instead of the market dominated Intel processors).

Intel actually has i7s and core 2 quads for many laptops it's about time for AMD

AMD really can benefit from this if they can help extend battery life compared to the core 2 quad

now they just need a netbook segment and they can kick intel out

this is what ive been waiting for. those new core i3 and i5 in my opinion are nothing compared to these true multi core solutions. now couple these with the mobility 5000 series and you have a truly kick ass gaming pc.

Nice one. Looking forward in seeing laptops offering more AMD cpus.

This would be amazing to see! I currently own a triple core Phenom (720 BE). Totally love the desktop triple core.

If AMD ships out triple core mobile processors which can improve battery life by an hour I will say bye bye to my current intel laptop!!!

... have somebody done some crazy stuff, like CPU OC in laptops? My Aspire's 8530G CPU runs @ 3300Mhz... when plugged in of course... have gone til 3500Mhz, but that waz unstable... K10STAT dues wonders...

Well, I've done minor OCs (2.2 to 2.31ghz) with my old 130nm K8 lappy. unfortunately most laptops are so locked down that just managing to control clockspeed is an achievement and stability goes away quick. To be honest, I'd want to know that my laptop's overheat protection is working well before even trying ANY OC, but luckily my laptop is so old, that I'd shrug it off if I blew it up.

Now the idea of AMD bringing affordable quad core laptops to the market is pretty cool, but what I'm really interested in is AMD's 3rd gen Ultrathin platform.With Intel you have a choice between powerless netbooks, and expensive ultrathins that have neutered MHD4500 graphics. AMD's current (2nd gen) ultrathin can punch in at $500 with decent power (1.6ghz K8 X2) and graphics that can bitch anything but Ion. The third gen should switch that 65nm K8 out for a faster and much more effecient 45nm K10.5, dramatically increasing battery life, while hopefully the new 8 series chipset IGP will increase AMD's lead over Intel with IGPs. (remember, intel's highest clocked desktop IGP is competitive with the 3200, the mobiles are all 20% OR MORE slower)

Well, I've done minor OCs (2.2 to 2.31ghz) with my old 130nm K8 lappy. unfortunately most laptops are so locked down that just managing to control clockspeed is an achievement and stability goes away quick. To be honest, I'd want to know that my laptop's overheat protection is working well before even trying ANY OC, but luckily my laptop is so old, that I'd shrug it off if I blew it up.

Now the idea of AMD bringing affordable quad core laptops to the market is pretty cool, but what I'm really interested in is AMD's 3rd gen Ultrathin platform.With Intel you have a choice between powerless netbooks, and expensive ultrathins that have neutered MHD4500 graphics. AMD's current (2nd gen) ultrathin can punch in at $500 with decent power (1.6ghz K8 X2) and graphics that can bitch anything but Ion. The third gen should switch that 65nm K8 out for a faster and much more effecient 45nm K10.5, dramatically increasing battery life, while hopefully the new 8 series chipset IGP will increase AMD's lead over Intel with IGPs. (remember, intel's highest clocked desktop IGP is competitive with the 3200, the mobiles are all 20% OR MORE slower)

"Grim poses that triple core chips sit in a unique spot of performing better than dual-core processors while not incurring the power penalty of having four cores."

Orly?!? lol how did he ever come to that logic. honestly, triple-core CPUs, imo, are just a way to make money off of the worthless quad-core's that didnt pass the test, albeit they are cheaper. sorry, i just had to comment on capt. obvious's statement

They can make a 35 watt sexacore, bout damned time they made a decent mobile chip!

Sounds wonderful , they might spread out more in mobile tech now. =)

Hope they can work on 32nm so they can *really* improve their watt/h ratio on the same performance class. I have my doubts about 45nm and 3-4 cores being "watt/h friendly", guess gonna need the benchies when they come out. And, in the same note, I wanna see a Radeon 5xxx with a Phenom on the same package already, come on AMD! Tease us a little at least! xD!

Cheers!

I was kind of hoping for a more firm time table than the vague "you'll see it by the end of the first half of this year."

I think most people are forgetting that amd has yet to integrate high k metal gates into their processors. Which was the main feature that made the core 2's fast and efficient besides the die shrink.

I'm impressed that amd is able to do so much with out switching to that technology. I figure amd will be in a hell of good position when they do decide to make this transition. Hopefully this happens on the 32nm process.

hmmm... that picture shows 2 mobile dual-cores slapped together.

It's not likely that core unlocking will take place, because most laptop bioses have extremely limited features.

overclocking on a laptop??? that blows my mind...LOL

Lot of random downvoting going on above.

as soon as i see a deneb/cypress ish laptop im buyin it.

I'm not too excited, considering their current dual cores are no match to intels other than the fact that they're cheaper systems.

ill take a black edition x2 550 over any other dual core on the planet

im talking about mobile processors here

I wonder if these will be put in netbooks. I can envision making cheap racks of servers using netbooks. A very turnkey solution. :-)

I am just curious about whether or not the danube processors will ship this month or in June 2010? First half of this year is obviously within the first 6 months, but if that means they'll come out by then remains to be seen. Internet sites and computer companies are still quiet about news of these new processors. I am interested in purchasing a laptop for school this fall but really don't want to spend what Intel is charging for their i5's and i7's since those are the only current offerings for gaming. The i3 is not worth mentioning on that front. You won't find most computers with the i7 below 1000 with the one notable exception being the dv6-2190 from HP(I think that's the right model no.)I hope AMD doesn't wait past mid summer to release these 'danube' products or I'll be forced to go with the Intels. The hottest gaming rig I've seen so far has been the Asus G73JH from best buy. I just hope the Black Edition quad core comes out from AMD with the same 5870 card or maybe even a 5900 or 6000! One stigma I have is that I wnat a laptop with a dedicated video card and it has to be an ATI card. I've had too many issues with Nvidia's cards although if the 480 comes out(and it won't be cheap) maybe I'd get an AMD system with that. Although, the 480 GTX alone would break the bank and will take awhile for a mobile version to come out.