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To: tejek who wrote (117722)	6/26/2000 4:45:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577020

Today's release of the PowerNow! enhanced mobile 550MHz and 533MHZ K6-2+ processor is very good. Here is some info from a presentation on AMD's site - * AMD's share in US retail notebook market continues to exceed 50% - PC Data Hardware Report (Jun '99 - Apr '00) * mobile Athlon and Duron coming out in 2H this year * PowerNow! technology extends battery life up to 30% * Three modes - performance mode - full power and MHz - battery saver mode - lowest battery usage (duh!) and lowest MHz - automatic mode - the computer is smart enough to AUTOMATICALLY determine how much juice is needed to run applications, therefore, MHz and voltage actually varies while the system is running - this is an AMD ONLY feature! * Battery life using Ziff Davis BatterMark v3.0 - 500MHZ K6-2+ system running in performance mode (500MHz) - 3 hours six minutes - 500MHz K6-2+ system running in battery saver mode (200MHz) - 4 hours seventeen minutes! 38% longer!! * Running "Lost in Space" on DVD which lasts 2 hours and 10 minutes - 500MHz system running in performance mode lasts 1 hour forty minutes - you don't finish the movie - 500MHz system running in AUTOMATIC mode - you see the whole movie, 2 hours 10 minutes, and you still have 11% battery life left! (you can't compare the systems from the movie benchmark to the Ziff Davis benchmark because the movie one uses a more powerful lithium battery - 4000mAH vs. 3200mAH - whatever that measures) * in low power mode, PowerNow! technology uses as little as 3W compared to SpeedStep's "7W typical." I assume they are comparing to the SpeedStep used in normal mobile processors as opposed to the one used in mobile processors aimed at the ultra compact notebook market * PowerNow! offers multiple settings, Intel's SpeedStep only offers two settings * These processors are VERY low-priced - $99 for 550MHZ! AMD can do this because the processor is smaller than the K6-2 was on the .25 process. * AMD also pointed out how mobile K6-x processors are making their way into the commercial market through Compaq, NEC, Toshiba, and HP models Go here amd.com for the power point presentation. I've given a pretty good summary, but seeing is believing...