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To: Dan3 who wrote (158708)2/13/2002 8:29:45 PM
From: wanna_bmw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Dan, Re: "Identical? No. Much less of a difference than the .18 PIII vs. .18 PIII-M? That was the justification I saw quoted in one of the stories."

That's what I thought. You are basing the Pentium 4-M on the changes made for Pentium III-M. I bet you suppose that the Pentium 4-M will also have >45W like the desktop part, too.

Re: "So what gives AMD the right to charge more for the Athlon MP over the Athlon XP?
>> Their less leaky process lets a variable clock save more power."


Are you telling me that the Athlon MP is on a different process than the Athlon XP? That's doubtful, and I have no idea what you're talking about with variable clock. Did you mistake Athlon MP for Athlon 4? PowerNow offers a variable clock, but then again, so does SpeedStep, now.

wbmw



To: Dan3 who wrote (158708)2/13/2002 8:29:47 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Dan, <Their less leaky process lets a variable clock save more power.>

Unless I am mistaken, aren't Athlon XP and Athlon MP manufactured under the same process?

It is very likely that both processors are indeed identical. AMD would not spend the extra dough just for the sake of "being different."

Tenchusatsu