AMD Launches Dual-Core Turion Chips
By
Rodrigo Chia
on May 17, 2006 - 3:23 PM
AMD today launched its first dual-core mobile chips. The socket S1 Turion 64 X2s are available in four versions: TL-50 (1.6 GHz), TL-52 (1.6 GHz), TL-56 (1.89 GHz) and TL-60 (2 GHz). The first one sports 256 KB of L2 cache per core and the others have 512 KB. The new processors are the first AMD ones supporting DDR2 memory (up to 667 MHz). Power consumption goes from 31 W (TL-50 and TL-52) to 35 W (TL-60). The chips are priced at USD 184, USD 220, USD 263 and USD 354, respectively, in 1,000-unit quantities.
Originally at http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/news/AMD-Launches-Dual-Core-Turion-Chips/1139