Z, Re: "Does anyone have the power consumption specs on these beasts?"
What's the point? Notebook manufacturers have no doubt redefined credible mobile power ranges since then. For example, Intel thinks that Thin&Light notebooks should not be more than 22W (shockingly, this happens to be in line with the thermal range for Tualatin). AMD's solution goes up to 25W, so I'm sure AMD will redefine mobile solutions to fit their power envelope. Likewise, I wouldn't be surprised if AMD proclaims 30W for a maximum Full Sized laptop range (being that this is an easy range for Palomino and later TBred/Barton to fall into, and at the same time, puts pressure on Pentium 4), while Intel urges it to 35W.
Like it or not, mobile systems are trending towards higher power. Batteries are improving, but likely not as fast as CPU wattage levels. I have a friend that claims his laptop, rated at several hours of battery, still can't handle a 45-minute game of Alpha Centauri before warning of a low battery.
This either opens up market demand for low power chips from VIA or Transmeta, or perhaps allows for Intel's Banias in 2003, if Intel can deliver a lower power, but higher performance chip. Until then, though, if I were in charge of Intel's mobile lines, I would certainly try to market those voltage scaled Tualatin chips for lower powered, higher battery life mobile PCs that maximize on battery life, while delivering high performance - that's something that neither AMD, nor VIA/Transmeta, can claim right now.
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