AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology Model Number Methodology

AMD Turion™ 64 X2 dual-core mobile technology employs alpha-numeric processor model numbers to help end users simplify their notebook PC purchase decision by providing a simple designation of both relative processor performance and degree of mobility (as measured by power consumption, enabling thin and light notebook PCs, and long battery life) among this processor family. An example of AMD Turion 64 X2 dual-core mobile technology model numbers is illustrated in Figure 1 below. The alpha-numeric processor model numbers consists of 2 letters followed by numbers. The letters indicate the processors class with the second letter designating increasing degree of mobility within the processor class as the letter approaches Z. The numbers indicate the relative processor performance within the processor class. Higher numbers indicate higher relative performance. For example, model TL-60 represents better overall performance than the model TL-56.

AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology Key Architecture Features

The industry's first true on-die dual-core x86 processor ·         – Inter-core communication at CPU speed ·         – Provides dual-core system capability in single-core system configurations The AMD64 core provides leading-edge performance for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications ·         – AMD64 technology provides full-speed support for x86 code base for uncompromising performance ·         – 40-bit physical addresses, 48-bit virtual addresses ·         – Sixteen 64-bit integer registers ·         – Sixteen 128-bit SSE/SSE2/SSE3 registers ·         – AMD Digital Media XPress™ provides support for SSE, SSE2, SSE3 and MMX instructions A high-bandwidth, low-latency integrated DDR memory controller ·         – Supports PC2-3200 (DDR2 800), PC2-5300 (DDR2-667), PC2-4200 (DDR2-533) or PC2-3200 (DDR2-400) SDRAM unbuffered SO-DIMMs ·         – Support for 64-bit DDR2 SDRAM memory ·         – Up to 12.8GB/s memory bandwidth HyperTransport™ technology for high speed I/O communication ·         – One 16-bit link up to 1600MHz ·         – Up to 6.4GB/s HyperTransport™ I/O bandwidth ·         – Up to 19.2GB/s total delivered processor-to-system bandwidth (HyperTransport bus + memory bus) Large high performance on-chip cache ·         – Dedicated 256K total L1 cache (128K per core) ·         – Dedicated 1M total L2 cache (512K per core) Cool'n'Quiet™ technology for quieter operation and reduced power requirements ·         – Recognized in 2005 by the US Environmental Protection Agency for the advancement of energy efficient computer technology   AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology Competitive Comparison AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology Model Number Thermal Design Power Frequency L2 Cache TL-68 35W 2.4 GHz 2 x 512 KB TL-64 35W 2.2 GHz 2 x 512 KB TL-60 31W or 35W 2.0 GHz 2 x 512 KB TL-58 31W 1.9 GHz 2 x 512 KB TL-56 31W or 33W 1.8 GHz 2 x 512 KB TL-52 31W 1.6 GHz 2 x 512 KB TL-50 31W 1.6 GHz 2 x 256 KB