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To: andreas_wonisch who wrote (71936)	2/19/2002 12:00:48 PM
From: fyodor_	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Andreas: You mean when they will be available (hopefully later this quarter) AMD will release desktop Palominos with PowerNow! for the public? Having a SFF mobile chip would eliminate (largely, if not completely) the need to use PowerNow! as a means of differentiating mobile and desktop chips. However, there are still other issues slowing down PowerNow!'s migration to the desktop: - Chipsets need to support PowerNow! - Fans really should have a thermal sensor built in to get the full benefit of PowerNow! (low noise, in addition to low power consumption). There are a few available now (e.g. thermaltake.com ), but not the vast majority. and the biggie… - AMD needs to ensure that having PowerNow! available on the desktop doesn't hurt them in benchmarks. There is a performance hit when enabling these power saving techniques and "stupid benchmarkers" could easily screw up and put AMD's chips at a disadvantage. -fyo