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AMD unveils "ultrathin platform" processors

By | May 13, 2010, 11:24am PDT

Summary: AMD has unveiled a new line of “ultrathin platform” processors with sub 15W TDP - less power consumption means less heat to get rid of.

AMD has unveiled a new line of “ultrathin platform” processors with sub 15W TDP - less power consumption means less heat to get rid of.

There are five processors in all, spanning the Turion II Neo dual-core, Athlon II Neo dual-core, Athlon II Neo and V series lines.

Turion II Neo dual-core

  • K665
     1.7 GHz
     15W TDP
     2MB total dedicated L2
     2 cores
  • K625
     1.5 GHz
     15W TDP
     2MB total dedicated L2
     2 cores

Athlon II Neo dual-core

  • K325
     1.3 GHz
     12W TDP
     2MB total dedicated L2
     2 cores

Athlon II Neo

  • K125
     1.7 GHz
     12W TDP
     1MB L2
     1 core

V series (note that this part does not form part of the Vision branding)

  • V105
     1.2 GHz
     9W TDP
     512KB L2
     1 core

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Benchmarks? That would be interesting...
djchandler 17th May 2010
@Grayson Peddie

No way will it be AM2, probably not AM3 and maybe not even compatible with socket S1 (g4) that V series CPUs for laptops use now.

After seeing the G34 socket for the Magny-Cours Opterons, I'm convinced we are going to see a new socket for Bulldozer too. I suspect that these new low TDP processors will also have a new socket.

Guessing here (against my hope) ITX or mini-ATX motherboards with these new CPUs surface mounted is probably what system builders will see becoming available, similar to what we see now with Atom and VIA C-series CPUs and what we saw with AMD's Geodes. But most of these CPUs are going to end up inside of small notebooks, netbooks, tablets and perhaps even smaller devices. I'm not holding my breath for anything backwards compatible.
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Will there be benchmarks with K665 against my AMD Sempron 3400 CPU?
Grayson Peddie 13th May 2010
I'd like to have that in my server, but it looks like it won't be AM2.

Hmm... Maybe I'll need to get an mini-iTX motherboard that will go with that CPU, but then I won't have both my secondary NIC and my TV Tuner for MythTV in one very small server. I have the mATX motherboard as of 2007.
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Benchmarks? That would be interesting...
djchandler 17th May 2010
@Grayson Peddie

No way will it be AM2, probably not AM3 and maybe not even compatible with socket S1 (g4) that V series CPUs for laptops use now.

After seeing the G34 socket for the Magny-Cours Opterons, I'm convinced we are going to see a new socket for Bulldozer too. I suspect that these new low TDP processors will also have a new socket.

Guessing here (against my hope) ITX or mini-ATX motherboards with these new CPUs surface mounted is probably what system builders will see becoming available, similar to what we see now with Atom and VIA C-series CPUs and what we saw with AMD's Geodes. But most of these CPUs are going to end up inside of small notebooks, netbooks, tablets and perhaps even smaller devices. I'm not holding my breath for anything backwards compatible.

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