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To: Joe NYC who wrote (71891)	2/19/2002 6:53:30 AM
From: andreas_wonisch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Joe, Re: If I understand it corectly, they are saying that the Fujitsu Siemens PC uses a low voltage version of Thunderbird, but another low power version of Athlon delivered to Hitachi uses Palomino core with (???) PowerNow. Yes, the Fujitsu-Siemens PC uses a 35W Thunderbird while the Hitachi PC is based on a 35W Palomino running at 1.5V. The processor for Hitachi (Cool'n Quiet) doesn't uses a full PowerNow! Implementation it can only change the clock-speed without changing the voltage. PowerNow! for laptops can change both values. I wonder when will AMD start doing this. It has been about a year and 1/2 that AMD has had PowerNow, and didn't take advantage of it outside mobile area. What are they waiting for? I guess they are waiting for Intel to catch up.AMD's lead is evaporating as we speak. Yes, it's stupid to hold back a feature that you can ship for free. The only explanation I'd think of is that AMD is afraid that OEMs would use "normal" Palominos instead of mobiles one for the laptops instead of the higher priced mobile chips. But since mobile Palominos are also rated for a lower standard voltage than the desktop parts the OEMs had to sacrifice power consumption. Andreas