AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 and BE-2300 "Brisbane" Processors @ HotHardware

Vikingod · Jun 5, 2007, 06:28 PM

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Although they're hard at work on Barcelona and plan to release a new high-end, native quad-core CPU in the coming months, AMD has turned a good part of their attention to a different segment of the market, the low power segment. Back in August of 2006, AMD released several low power CPUs that aimed to balance performance and power consumption. One was the 'Windsor' based Athlon 64 X2 4600+ with a TDP of 65w and the other was the Athlon 64 X2 3800+ which had a low TDP of 35w. While the processors were impressive from an efficiency standpoint, AMD struggled to keep up with demand and also offered the models at premium price points. In February of 2007, AMD changed their approach somewhat, introducing its "Brisbane" core. The new 65nm Athlon 64 X2 processor came in a smaller package and dropped maximum power requirements from 89w with the "Windsor" cores to 65w with "Brisbane". Furthermore, the more power efficient processors were released in mass quantities, with no additions to the price structure.

Jun 5, 2007, 06:28 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 and BE-2300 "Brisbane" Processors @ HotHardware Source: HotHardware _____________ Although they're hard at work on Barcelona and plan to release a new high-end, native quad-core CPU in the coming months, AMD has turned a good part of their attention to a different segment of the market, the low power segment. Back in August of 2006, AMD released several low power CPUs that aimed to balance performance and power consumption. One was the 'Windsor' based Athlon 64 X2 4600+ with a TDP of 65w and the other was the Athlon 64 X2 3800+ which had a low TDP of 35w. While the processors were impressive from an efficiency standpoint, AMD struggled to keep up with demand and also offered the models at premium price points. In February of 2007, AMD changed their approach somewhat, introducing its "Brisbane" core. The new 65nm Athlon 64 X2 processor came in a smaller package and dropped maximum power requirements from 89w with the "Windsor" cores to 65w with "Brisbane". Furthermore, the more power efficient processors were released in mass quantities, with no additions to the price structure.