New AMD Laptop Processors

New AMD laptop processors were announced near the end of 2010. They have improved the laptop processor speed and have more competitive mobile processors. 21 processors are available for the AMD mainstream platform and 5 for the AMD Ultrathin platform. These processors have from one to four cores. They include the first three core mobile processors.


They are 45 nm. thick. The 35W TDP is the same as the TDP for the new Intel core i or core 2010 chips, but this does not include a graphics card like the intel chips that are still the best processor for a laptops do. In 2011 the first AMD Fusion APUs have hit the market. These are the E-350, E-240, C-50, and C-30. These are low powered 1 and 2 core processors with the E Series having a TDP of 18 Watts and the C Series a TDP of 9 Watts. They are designed for Net Books and the like, but have AMD (formerly ATI) graphics on the chip. In June of 2011 AMD Llano chips have been released for the mainstream laptop market.

The new 2010 processors are:

Mainstream

• AMD Phenom II Black Edition Quad X920 (TDP 45W)
• AMD Phenom II Black Edition Dual X620 (TDP 45W)
• AMD Phenom II Quad N950 (TDP 35W)
• AMD Phenom II Quad N930 (TDP 35W)
• AMD Phenom II Quad N940 (TDP 25W)
• AMD Phenom II Quad P920 (TDP 25W)
• AMD Phenom II Triple N850 (TDP 35W)
• AMD Phenom II Triple N830 (TDP 35W)
• AMD Phenom II Triple N840 (TDP 25W)
• AMD Phenom II Triple P820 (TDP 25W)
• AMD Phenom II Dual N620 (TDP 35W)
• AMD Turion II Dual N550 (TDP 35W)
• AMD Turion II Dual N530 (TDP 35W)
• AMD Turion II Dual N540 (TDP 25W)
• AMD Turion II Dual P520 (TDP 25W)
• AMD Athlon II Dual N350 (TDP 35W)
• AMD Athlon II Dual N330 (TDP 35W)
• AMD Athlon II Dual N340 (TDP 25W)
• AMD Athlon II Dual P320 (TDP 25W)
• AMD V Series Single V140 (TDP 25W)
• AMD V Series Single V120 (TDP 25W)

Ultrathin

• AMD Turion II Neo Dual-Core K665 (TDP 15W)
• AMD Turion II Neo Dual-Core K625 (TDP 15W)
• AMD Athlon II Neo Dual-Core K325 (TDP 12W)
• AMD Athlon II Neo Single K125 (TDP 12W)
• AMD V Series Single V105 (TDP 9W)

While the 2010 processors are faster than the older AMD laptop processors, all the full performance (not L or U) core i7 and most on the full performance core i5 Intel chips are faster. The AMD laptop computers on the AMD platform, "Vision," should make up for some of this difference though. This calls for an AMD CPU, AMD motherboard chip sets and and AMD Radeon graphics cards, integrated and/or discrete. Parts built by the same company should work better together.

There are four levels of the Vision platform,the simple Vision, Premium, Ultimate, and Black. Different processors are available in the different levels as are different graphics cards.

All in all, the new AMD laptop processors may have moved AMD back into a position where they are once again competitive in the laptop processor market.

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