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To: Paul Engel who wrote (77733)4/6/1999 2:55:00 AM
From: Process Boy  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 186894
 
Paul - Re: Re: " Does AMD even have an offering for the low power consumption space?"

You responded:

Here's one announcement on AMD's Mobile CPU products.

"save for the fact that they consume about 12 W, as opposed to AMD's older mobile K6-2 processors, which use 9 to 11 W of power. The new K6-2 chips also operate on a 2.2-V core voltage."

Paul

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AMD's new mobile MPUs trade power for speed
By Mark Hachman, Electronic Buyers' News
Mar 8, 1999 (5:33 PM) URL: ebnews.com

Betting that OEMs will sacrifice low power consumption for a faster clock speed, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is rolling out the latest version of its mobile K6-2 microprocessor. ...


Seems to fly in the face of convention to me. Oh well, Industry standard setting AMD continues to push the envelope for Quality and Reliability...in the opposite direction of the rest of the industry!

PB