Soleron on 25 December 2008
| arsenicazure said: now,if only they make a shrunk down version of athlon 64 to compete with the atom. Net books AMD, netbooks.. thats where the money is gonna be! |
They have.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Atom-Athlon-Efficient,1997.html
An ordinary 1.0GHz single-core Athlon 64 (65nm) can fit in an 8W TDP. While this is more than an Atom, the Atom's chipset draws twice as much power as it does, so the more energy-efficient Athlon chipset (a 7xx derivative) makes the total platform consumption similar to an Atom.
And it destroys the Atom in terms of performance.
AMD say they aren't interested in netbooks though.
