AMD mobile platform
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The AMD mobile platform is an open platform for laptop
Laptop
A laptop, also called a notebook, is a personal computer for mobile use. A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device and speakers into a single unit...

s from AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. or AMD is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets...

. Though little marketing was done on this platform, it has been competing with the Centrino
Centrino
The Centrino brand represents Intel Wi-Fi and WiMAX adapters. It was formerly a platform-marketing initiative from Intel until January 7, 2010....

 platform in the segment to gain more marketshare. Each platform has its own specification, catching up the latest technology developments. Since the acquisition of ATI, AMD began to include Mobility Radeon GPUs and AMD chipsets as part of the requirements of the mobile platform; the first of such platforms is the Puma platform.

Open platform approach

On February 2007, AMD had announced the "Better by Design" initiative to continue the success of the open platform approach for desktop back in early 2003 after the launch of Athlon 64
Athlon 64
The Athlon 64 is an eighth-generation, AMD64-architecture microprocessor produced by AMD, released on September 23, 2003. It is the third processor to bear the name Athlon, and the immediate successor to the Athlon XP...

 processors with a lack of chipset being developed by AMD, and open the platform to chipset vendors such as VIA
VIA Technologies
VIA Technologies is a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits, mainly motherboard chipsets, CPUs, and memory, and is part of the Formosa Plastics Group. It is the world's largest independent manufacturer of motherboard chipsets...

, SiS
Silicon Integrated Systems
Silicon Integrated Systems is a company that manufactures, among other things, motherboard chipsets. The company was founded in 1987 in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan.-Business:...

, NVIDIA
NVIDIA
Nvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...

 and from AMD subsidiary ATI
ATI Technologies
ATI Technologies Inc. was a semiconductor technology corporation based in Markham, Ontario, Canada, that specialized in the development of graphics processing units and chipsets. Founded in 1985 as Array Technologies Inc., the company was listed publicly in 1993 and was acquired by Advanced Micro...

. The initiative also includes platforms succeeding the Kite Refresh mobile platform.

Under the "Better by Design" initiative, AMD introduced a three-cell arrow sticker to identify mobile platform products, which the top cell being the processor (as Turion 64 X2). The middle cell for graphics accelerators as NVIDIA or ATI (as a result of retaining the use of "ATI Radeon" branding for graphics ), including onboard graphics (IGP), while the last cell representing the wireless (Wi-fi
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...

, IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.11 is a set of standards for implementing wireless local area network computer communication in the 2.4, 3.6 and 5 GHz frequency bands. They are created and maintained by the IEEE LAN/MAN Standards Committee . The base version of the standard IEEE 802.11-2007 has had subsequent...

 standard) or LAN solutions, provided by one of the following companies: Airgo, Atheros
Atheros
Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company...

, Broadcom
Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los...

, Marvell
Marvell Technology Group
Marvell is an American producer of storage, communications and consumer semiconductor products.Founded in 1995, Marvell Technology Group Ltd. has operations worldwide and approximately 5,700 employees. Marvell’s U.S. operating subsidiary is based in Santa Clara, California and Marvell has...

, Qualcomm
Qualcomm
Qualcomm is an American global telecommunication corporation that designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access technology and other technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA...

, and Realtek
Realtek
Realtek Semiconductor Corp. , a fabless IC design house situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, was founded in October 1987, and subsequently approved as a listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1998...

.

The stickers to be used will be further classified by the system performance according to the processor performance, and into five classes, each having different colours as well as different logos for each component, listed as follows:
Class Processor Sticker Related brands Other components
Border Background
Good Single-core Mobile Sempron grey white none Graphics:
ATI
ATI Technologies
ATI Technologies Inc. was a semiconductor technology corporation based in Markham, Ontario, Canada, that specialized in the development of graphics processing units and chipsets. Founded in 1985 as Array Technologies Inc., the company was listed publicly in 1993 and was acquired by Advanced Micro...

 (Mobility Radeon
Radeon
Radeon is a brand of graphics processing units and random access memory produced by Advanced Micro Devices , first launched in 2000 by ATI Technologies, which was acquired by AMD in 2006. Radeon is the successor to the Rage line. There are four different groups, which can be differentiated by...

/Radeon Xpress),
NVIDIA
NVIDIA
Nvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...

 (GeForce/nForce IGP)
Wireless connectivity and management:
Broadcom
Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los...

, Qualcomm
Qualcomm
Qualcomm is an American global telecommunication corporation that designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access technology and other technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA...

, Atheros
Atheros
Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors for network communications, particularly wireless chipsets. Founded under the name Atheros in 1998 by experts in signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley and the private industry, it became a public company...

,
Airgo, Marvell
Marvell Technology Group
Marvell is an American producer of storage, communications and consumer semiconductor products.Founded in 1995, Marvell Technology Group Ltd. has operations worldwide and approximately 5,700 employees. Marvell’s U.S. operating subsidiary is based in Santa Clara, California and Marvell has...

, Realtek
Realtek
Realtek Semiconductor Corp. , a fabless IC design house situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, was founded in October 1987, and subsequently approved as a listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1998...


Good Dual-core Athlon X2
Athlon 64 X2
The Athlon 64 X2 is the first dual-core desktop CPU designed by AMD. It was designed from scratch as native dual-core by using an already multi-CPU enabled Athlon 64, joining it with another functional core on one die, and connecting both via a shared dual-channel memory controller/north bridge and...

grey white
Better Dual-core Turion 64 X2 Silver Silver
Best Dual-core Turion 64 X2 Gold Gold
Best Dual-core
for digital media
Turion 64 X2 Silver Silver w/
AMD Live! logo
AMD Live!
AMD Live!
AMD LIVE! is the name of Advanced Micro Devices' initiative in 2005 aimed at gathering the support of professional musicians and other media producers behind its hardware products...

AMD Live! Ultra Notebook PC (Puma) Turion Ultra Black Silver

Market analysis

According to AMD figures in December 2007, AMD mobile platform gained 19% unit share in the market and about 23% revenue share of the firm during Q3 2007 while competing with the Intel Centrino
Centrino
The Centrino brand represents Intel Wi-Fi and WiMAX adapters. It was formerly a platform-marketing initiative from Intel until January 7, 2010....

 platform. Figures for Q1 and Q2 2007 are 15% and 17% unit share, accounting for 14% and 16% of the company's revenue respectively.

AMD's mobile platform, even as recent as the Turion 64 X2 platform, has been criticized as consistently performing worse than Intel's Centrino in all areas: system speed, heat dissipation, and battery life.

Initial platform (2003)

Launched in 2003, the initial platform for mobile AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. or AMD is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets...

 processors consists of:
AMD mobile Initial platform
Mobile processor
Mobile processor
A mobile processor is a CPU designed to save power. It is found in mobile computers and cellphones.A CPU chip designed for portable computers, it is typically housed in a smaller chip package, but more importantly, in order to run cooler, it uses lower voltages than its desktop counterpart and has...

Processors - Socket 754
Socket 754
Socket 754 is a CPU socket originally developed by AMD to succeed its Athlon XP platform . Socket 754 was the first socket developed by AMD to support their new consumer version of the 64 bit microprocessor family known as AMD64.-Technical specifications:Socket 754 was the original socket for...

  • Mobile Sempron single-core 32-bit
    32-bit
    The range of integer values that can be stored in 32 bits is 0 through 4,294,967,295. Hence, a processor with 32-bit memory addresses can directly access 4 GB of byte-addressable memory....

     processor (codenamed Dublin, Sonora, Roma), or
  • Mobile Athlon 64 single-core 64-bit
    64-bit
    64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...

     processor (codenamed ClawHammer, Odessa, Oakville), or
  • Turion 64 single-core 64-bit
    64-bit
    64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...

     processor (codenamed Lancaster)
Mobile chipset
Chipset
A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...

  • D-sub and HyperTransport
    HyperTransport
    HyperTransport , formerly known as Lightning Data Transport , is a technology for interconnection of computer processors. It is a bidirectional serial/parallel high-bandwidth, low-latency point-to-point link that was introduced on April 2, 2001...

     1.0
  • DDR-400
    DDR SDRAM
    Double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory is a class of memory integrated circuits used in computers. DDR SDRAM has been superseded by DDR2 SDRAM and DDR3 SDRAM, neither of which are either forward or backward compatible with DDR SDRAM, meaning that DDR2 or DDR3 memory modules...

     SO-DIMM
    SO-DIMM
    A SO-DIMM, or small outline dual in-line memory module, is a type of computer memory built using integrated circuits.SO-DIMMs are a smaller alternative to a DIMM, being roughly half the size of regular DIMMs...


  • Kite platform (2006)

    Introduced in 2006, the Kite platform consists of:
    AMD mobile Kite platform
    Mobile processor
    Mobile processor
    A mobile processor is a CPU designed to save power. It is found in mobile computers and cellphones.A CPU chip designed for portable computers, it is typically housed in a smaller chip package, but more importantly, in order to run cooler, it uses lower voltages than its desktop counterpart and has...

    Processors - Socket S1
    Socket S1
    Socket S1 is the CPU socket type used by AMD for their Turion 64, Athlon 64 Mobile and later Sempron processors, which debuted with the dual core Turion 64 X2 CPUs on May 17, 2006.-Technical specifications:...

    • Mobile Sempron single-core 64-bit
      64-bit
      64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...

       processor (codenamed Keene), or
    • Turion 64 single-core 64-bit
      64-bit
      64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...

       processor (codenamed
      Richmond), or
    • Turion 64 X2 dual-core
      Multi-core (computing)
      A multi-core processor is a single computing component with two or more independent actual processors , which are the units that read and execute program instructions...

       64-bit
      64-bit
      64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...

       processor (codenamed
      Taylor, Trinidad)
    Mobile chipset
    Chipset
    A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...

  • DVI
    Digital Visual Interface
    The Digital Visual Interface is a video interface standard covering the transmission of video between a source device and a display device. The DVI standard has achieved widespread acceptance in the PC industry, both in desktop PCs and monitors...

     and HyperTransport
    HyperTransport
    HyperTransport , formerly known as Lightning Data Transport , is a technology for interconnection of computer processors. It is a bidirectional serial/parallel high-bandwidth, low-latency point-to-point link that was introduced on April 2, 2001...

     1.0
  • DDR2-667
    DDR2 SDRAM
    DDR2 SDRAM is a double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory interface. It supersedes the original DDR SDRAM specification and has itself been superseded by DDR3 SDRAM...

     SO-DIMM
    SO-DIMM
    A SO-DIMM, or small outline dual in-line memory module, is a type of computer memory built using integrated circuits.SO-DIMMs are a smaller alternative to a DIMM, being roughly half the size of regular DIMMs...

  • Mobile support
  • Wireless IEEE 802.11
    IEEE 802.11
    IEEE 802.11 is a set of standards for implementing wireless local area network computer communication in the 2.4, 3.6 and 5 GHz frequency bands. They are created and maintained by the IEEE LAN/MAN Standards Committee . The base version of the standard IEEE 802.11-2007 has had subsequent...

     b/g mini-PCIe
    PCI Express
    PCI Express , officially abbreviated as PCIe, is a computer expansion card standard designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP bus standards...

     WiFi
    WIFI
    WIFI is a radio station broadcasting a brokered format. Licensed to Florence, New Jersey, USA, the station is currently operated by Florence Broadcasting Partners, LLC.This station was previously owned by Real Life Broadcasting...

     adapter

  • Kite Refresh platform (2007)

    AMD used Kite Refresh as the codenamed for the second-generation AMD mobile platform introduced in February 2007.
    AMD mobile Kite Refresh platform
    Mobile processor
    Mobile processor
    A mobile processor is a CPU designed to save power. It is found in mobile computers and cellphones.A CPU chip designed for portable computers, it is typically housed in a smaller chip package, but more importantly, in order to run cooler, it uses lower voltages than its desktop counterpart and has...

    Processors - Socket S1
    Socket S1
    Socket S1 is the CPU socket type used by AMD for their Turion 64, Athlon 64 Mobile and later Sempron processors, which debuted with the dual core Turion 64 X2 CPUs on May 17, 2006.-Technical specifications:...

    • Turion 64 X2 dual-core 64-bit
      64-bit
      64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...

       Hawk family processor 65 nm (codenamed Tyler), or
    • Mobile Sempron single-core 64-bit
      64-bit
      64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...

       processor 65nm (codenamed
      Sherman)
    Mobile chipset
    Chipset
    A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...

  • HDMI
    High-Definition Multimedia Interface
    HDMI is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data. It is a digital alternative to consumer analog standards, such as radio frequency coaxial cable, composite video, S-Video, SCART, component video, D-Terminal, or VGA...

    , HyperTransport
    HyperTransport
    HyperTransport , formerly known as Lightning Data Transport , is a technology for interconnection of computer processors. It is a bidirectional serial/parallel high-bandwidth, low-latency point-to-point link that was introduced on April 2, 2001...

     1.0 and PCI Express
    PCI Express
    PCI Express , officially abbreviated as PCIe, is a computer expansion card standard designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP bus standards...

     1.0
  • DDR2-800
    DDR2 SDRAM
    DDR2 SDRAM is a double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory interface. It supersedes the original DDR SDRAM specification and has itself been superseded by DDR3 SDRAM...

     SO-DIMM
    SO-DIMM
    A SO-DIMM, or small outline dual in-line memory module, is a type of computer memory built using integrated circuits.SO-DIMMs are a smaller alternative to a DIMM, being roughly half the size of regular DIMMs...

  • Mobile support
  • Wireless IEEE 802.11
    IEEE 802.11
    IEEE 802.11 is a set of standards for implementing wireless local area network computer communication in the 2.4, 3.6 and 5 GHz frequency bands. They are created and maintained by the IEEE LAN/MAN Standards Committee . The base version of the standard IEEE 802.11-2007 has had subsequent...

     a/b/g/draft-N support, mini-PCIe Wi-Fi adapter
  • Hybrid hard drives
    Hybrid drive
    A Hybrid Drive, Hybrid Hard Drive , or Hybrid Hard Disk Drive is a type of large-buffer computer hard disk drive. It is different from standard hard drives in that it integrates a cache using non-volatile memory or even a small solid-state drive...

  • Alert Standard Format
    Alert Standard Format
    Alert Standard Format is a DMTF standard for remote monitoring, management and control of computer systems in both OS-present and OS-absent environments...

     (ASF) 2.0 (ASF page)
  • Trusted Platform Module
    Trusted Platform Module
    In computing, Trusted Platform Module is both the name of a published specification detailing a secure cryptoprocessor that can store cryptographic keys that protect information, as well as the general name of implementations of that specification, often called the "TPM chip" or "TPM Security...

     (TPM)

  • Puma platform (2008)

    The Puma platform introduced in 2008 with June 2008 availability for the third-generation AMD mobile platform consists of:
    AMD mobile Initial platform
    Mobile processor
    Mobile processor
    A mobile processor is a CPU designed to save power. It is found in mobile computers and cellphones.A CPU chip designed for portable computers, it is typically housed in a smaller chip package, but more importantly, in order to run cooler, it uses lower voltages than its desktop counterpart and has...

    Processors
    • Dual-core 64-bit
      64-bit
      64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...

       codenamed Griffin of processors, named "Turion X2 Ultra", or
    • Mobile Sempron single-core 64-bit
      64-bit
      64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...

       processor (codenamed Sable), with the followings:
      • Split-power planes and linked power management support
      • Support for possible low voltage processors
    Mobile chipset
    Chipset
    A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...

    AMD M780 series chipset
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series
    Radeon R600
    The graphics processing unit codenamed the Radeon R600 is the foundation of the Radeon HD 2000/3000 series and the FireGL 2007 series video cards developed by ATI Technologies...

     GPU on 55 nm process
    • ATI Hybrid Graphics
    • Hybrid CrossFire
    • PowerXpress
  • HyperFlash - memory modules on motherboard with ReadyBoost
    ReadyBoost
    ReadyBoost is a disk cache component of Microsoft Windows, first introduced with Microsoft's Windows Vista in 2006 and bundled with Windows 7 in 2009...

  • DisplayPort
    DisplayPort
    DisplayPort is a digital display interface standard produced by the Video Electronics Standards Association . The specification defines a royalty-free digital interconnect for audio and video. The interface is primarily used to connect a video source to a display device such as a computer monitor...

    , HyperTransport
    HyperTransport
    HyperTransport , formerly known as Lightning Data Transport , is a technology for interconnection of computer processors. It is a bidirectional serial/parallel high-bandwidth, low-latency point-to-point link that was introduced on April 2, 2001...

     3.0 and PCI Express
    PCI Express
    PCI Express , officially abbreviated as PCIe, is a computer expansion card standard designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP bus standards...

     2.0 support
  • DDR2-800
    DDR2 SDRAM
    DDR2 SDRAM is a double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory interface. It supersedes the original DDR SDRAM specification and has itself been superseded by DDR3 SDRAM...

     SO-DIMM
    SO-DIMM
    A SO-DIMM, or small outline dual in-line memory module, is a type of computer memory built using integrated circuits.SO-DIMMs are a smaller alternative to a DIMM, being roughly half the size of regular DIMMs...

  • Mobile support
  • Wireless IEEE 802.11
    IEEE 802.11
    IEEE 802.11 is a set of standards for implementing wireless local area network computer communication in the 2.4, 3.6 and 5 GHz frequency bands. They are created and maintained by the IEEE LAN/MAN Standards Committee . The base version of the standard IEEE 802.11-2007 has had subsequent...

     a/b/g/n mini-PCIe Wi-Fi adapter
  • Hybrid hard drives
    Hybrid drive
    A Hybrid Drive, Hybrid Hard Drive , or Hybrid Hard Disk Drive is a type of large-buffer computer hard disk drive. It is different from standard hard drives in that it integrates a cache using non-volatile memory or even a small solid-state drive...

  • Desktop and mobile Architecture for System Hardware (DASH) 1.0 support (DASH page)
  • Trusted Platform Module
    Trusted Platform Module
    In computing, Trusted Platform Module is both the name of a published specification detailing a secure cryptoprocessor that can store cryptographic keys that protect information, as well as the general name of implementations of that specification, often called the "TPM chip" or "TPM Security...

     (TPM) support

  • Yukon platform (2009)

    The Yukon platform was introduced on January 8, 2009 with expected April availability for the first AMD Ultrathin Platform targeting the ultra-portable
    Subnotebook
    A subnotebook is a class of laptop computers that are smaller and lighter than a typical laptop....

     notebook market.
    AMD mobile Initial platform
    Mobile processor
    Mobile processor
    A mobile processor is a CPU designed to save power. It is found in mobile computers and cellphones.A CPU chip designed for portable computers, it is typically housed in a smaller chip package, but more importantly, in order to run cooler, it uses lower voltages than its desktop counterpart and has...

    Processors
    • Single-core 64-bit
      64-bit
      64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...

       codenamed Huron of processors, named "Athlon Neo", or
    • Mobile Sempron single-core 64-bit
      64-bit
      64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...

       processor (codenamed
      Huron), with the followings:
      • 27 mm (W) × 27 mm (D) × 2.5 mm(H) BGA
        Ball grid array
        A ball grid array is a type of surface-mount packaging used for integrated circuits.- Description :The BGA is descended from the pin grid array , which is a package with one face covered with pins in a grid pattern. These pins conduct electrical signals from the integrated circuit to the printed...

         package, named "ASB1"
      • low voltage processors
    Mobile chipset
    Chipset
    A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...

    AMD 690E series chipset + SB600 southbridge
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series
    Radeon R600
    The graphics processing unit codenamed the Radeon R600 is the foundation of the Radeon HD 2000/3000 series and the FireGL 2007 series video cards developed by ATI Technologies...

     GPU on 55 nm process (as option)
  • DDR2
    DDR2 SDRAM
    DDR2 SDRAM is a double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory interface. It supersedes the original DDR SDRAM specification and has itself been superseded by DDR3 SDRAM...

     SO-DIMM
    SO-DIMM
    A SO-DIMM, or small outline dual in-line memory module, is a type of computer memory built using integrated circuits.SO-DIMMs are a smaller alternative to a DIMM, being roughly half the size of regular DIMMs...

  • Mobile support
  • Wireless connectivity with 3G
    3G
    3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...

     (as option)
  • Wireless IEEE 802.11
    IEEE 802.11
    IEEE 802.11 is a set of standards for implementing wireless local area network computer communication in the 2.4, 3.6 and 5 GHz frequency bands. They are created and maintained by the IEEE LAN/MAN Standards Committee . The base version of the standard IEEE 802.11-2007 has had subsequent...

     a/b/g/n mini-PCIe Wi-Fi adapter

  • Congo platform (2009)

    The Congo platform was introduced on September 2009, as the second AMD Ultrathin Platform targeting the ultra-portable
    Subnotebook
    A subnotebook is a class of laptop computers that are smaller and lighter than a typical laptop....

     notebook market.
    AMD mobile Initial platform
    Mobile processor
    Mobile processor
    A mobile processor is a CPU designed to save power. It is found in mobile computers and cellphones.A CPU chip designed for portable computers, it is typically housed in a smaller chip package, but more importantly, in order to run cooler, it uses lower voltages than its desktop counterpart and has...

    Processors
    • Single or Dual-core 64-bit
      64-bit
      64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...

       processors codenamed Conesus, with the followings:
      • made on 65 nm process
      • 15W (single-core) or 18W (dual-core) TDP
      • 27 mm (W) × 27 mm (D) × 2.5 mm(H) BGA
        Ball grid array
        A ball grid array is a type of surface-mount packaging used for integrated circuits.- Description :The BGA is descended from the pin grid array , which is a package with one face covered with pins in a grid pattern. These pins conduct electrical signals from the integrated circuit to the printed...

         package, named "ASB1"
      • low voltage processors
      • DDR2
        DDR2 SDRAM
        DDR2 SDRAM is a double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory interface. It supersedes the original DDR SDRAM specification and has itself been superseded by DDR3 SDRAM...

         SO-DIMM
        SO-DIMM
        A SO-DIMM, or small outline dual in-line memory module, is a type of computer memory built using integrated circuits.SO-DIMMs are a smaller alternative to a DIMM, being roughly half the size of regular DIMMs...

    Mobile chipset
    Chipset
    A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...

    AMD RS780M series chipset + SB710 southbridge
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series
    Radeon R600
    The graphics processing unit codenamed the Radeon R600 is the foundation of the Radeon HD 2000/3000 series and the FireGL 2007 series video cards developed by ATI Technologies...

     GPU on 55 nm process (as option)
    • RV610 graphics core
    • DirectX 10.0
    • UVD
      Unified Video Decoder
      The Unified Video Decoder, previously called Universal Video Decoder, or UVD in short, is the video decoding unit from ATI Technologies to support hardware decode of H.264 and VC-1 video codec standards, and being a part of ATI Avivo HD technology....


  • Tigris platform (2009)

    The Tigris platform introduced in September 2009 for the AMD Mainstream Notebook Platform consists of:
    AMD mobile Initial platform
    Mobile processor
    Mobile processor
    A mobile processor is a CPU designed to save power. It is found in mobile computers and cellphones.A CPU chip designed for portable computers, it is typically housed in a smaller chip package, but more importantly, in order to run cooler, it uses lower voltages than its desktop counterpart and has...

    Processors
    • Single or Dual-core 64-bit
      64-bit
      64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...

       processors codenamed Caspian, with the followings:
      • made on 45 nm process
      • 25W (single-core) or 35W (dual-core) TDP
    Mobile chipset
    Chipset
    A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...

    AMD RS880M series chipset + SB710 southbridge
  • Mobility Radeon HD 4200 series
    Radeon R600
    The graphics processing unit codenamed the Radeon R600 is the foundation of the Radeon HD 2000/3000 series and the FireGL 2007 series video cards developed by ATI Technologies...

     GPU on 55 nm process
    • RV620 graphics core
    • DirectX 10.1
    • UVD 2
      Unified Video Decoder
      The Unified Video Decoder, previously called Universal Video Decoder, or UVD in short, is the video decoding unit from ATI Technologies to support hardware decode of H.264 and VC-1 video codec standards, and being a part of ATI Avivo HD technology....


  • Nile platform (2010)

    The Nile platform introduced on May 12, 2010 for the third AMD Ultrathin Platform consists of:
    AMD mobile Initial platform
    Mobile processor
    Mobile processor
    A mobile processor is a CPU designed to save power. It is found in mobile computers and cellphones.A CPU chip designed for portable computers, it is typically housed in a smaller chip package, but more importantly, in order to run cooler, it uses lower voltages than its desktop counterpart and has...

    Processors
    • Single or Dual-core 64-bit
      64-bit
      64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...

       processors codenamed Geneva, with the followings:
      • made on 45 nm process
      • support for DDR3 memory
      • 9W, 12W or 15W TDP
    Mobile chipset
    Chipset
    A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...

    AMD RS880 series chipset + SB820 southbridge
  • Mobility Radeon HD 42xx GPU on 55 nm process
    • RV620 graphics core
    • DirectX 10.1
    • UVD 2
      Unified Video Decoder
      The Unified Video Decoder, previously called Universal Video Decoder, or UVD in short, is the video decoding unit from ATI Technologies to support hardware decode of H.264 and VC-1 video codec standards, and being a part of ATI Avivo HD technology....


  • Danube platform (2010)

    The Danube platform introduced on May 12, 2010 for the AMD Mainstream Notebook Platform consists of:
    AMD mobile Initial platform
    Mobile processor
    Mobile processor
    A mobile processor is a CPU designed to save power. It is found in mobile computers and cellphones.A CPU chip designed for portable computers, it is typically housed in a smaller chip package, but more importantly, in order to run cooler, it uses lower voltages than its desktop counterpart and has...

    Processors
    • Single, Dual, Triple or Quad-core 64-bit
      64-bit
      64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...

       processors codenamed Champlain, with the followings:
      • made on 45 nm process
      • support for DDR3 1066 and 1333 MHz memory
      • 25W, 35W or 45W TDP
    Mobile chipset
    Chipset
    A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...

    AMD RS880 series chipset + SB820 southbridge
  • Mobility Radeon HD 42xx GPU on 55 nm process
    • RV620 graphics core
    • DirectX 10.1
    • UVD 2
      Unified Video Decoder
      The Unified Video Decoder, previously called Universal Video Decoder, or UVD in short, is the video decoding unit from ATI Technologies to support hardware decode of H.264 and VC-1 video codec standards, and being a part of ATI Avivo HD technology....


  • Brazos (Fusion) platform (2011)

    The AMD low-power platform introduced on January 4, 2011, is designed for HD netbooks and other emerging form factors. It features the 40 nm C-Series (formerly codenamed Ontario, a 9-watt APU for netbooks and small form factor desktops and devices) and E-Series (formerly codenamed Zacate, an 18-watt TDP APU for ultrathin, mainstream, and value notebooks as well as desktops and all-in-ones) APUs
    Accelerated processing unit
    An accelerated processing unit is a processing system that includes additional processing capability designed to accelerate one or more types of computations outside of a CPU. This may include a graphics processing unit used for general-purpose computing , a field-programmable gate array , or...

    .
    Both low-power APU versions feature two Bobcat
    Bobcat (processor)
    Bobcat is the latest x86 processor core from AMD aimed at low-power / low-cost market.It was revealed during a speech from AMD executive vice-president Henri Richard in Computex 2007 and was put into production Q1 2011. One of the major supporters was executive vice-president Mario A...

     x86 cores and fully support DirectX11, DirectCompute
    DirectCompute
    Microsoft DirectCompute is an application programming interface that supports general-purpose computing on graphics processing units on Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7. DirectCompute is part of the Microsoft DirectX collection of APIs and was initially released with the DirectX 11 API but...

     (Microsoft
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

     programming interface for GPU computing) and OpenCL
    OpenCL
    OpenCL is a framework for writing programs that execute across heterogeneous platforms consisting of CPUs, GPUs, and other processors. OpenCL includes a language for writing kernels , plus APIs that are used to define and then control the platforms...

     (cross-platform programming interface standard for multi-core x86 and accelerated GPU computing). Both also include UVD 3 dedicated hardware acceleration for HD video including 1080p resolutions. This platform consists of:
    AMD mobile Initial platform
    Mobile processor
    Mobile processor
    A mobile processor is a CPU designed to save power. It is found in mobile computers and cellphones.A CPU chip designed for portable computers, it is typically housed in a smaller chip package, but more importantly, in order to run cooler, it uses lower voltages than its desktop counterpart and has...

    Processors
    • Single or Dual-core 64-bit
      64-bit
      64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...

       AMD Fusion
      AMD Fusion
      AMD Fusion is the marketing name for a series of APUs by AMD. There are two flavors of Fusion currently available, one with its CPU logic based on the Bobcat core and the other its CPU logic based on the 10h core. In both cases the GPU logic is HD6xxx, which itself is based on the mobile variant of...

       APU
      Accelerated processing unit
      An accelerated processing unit is a processing system that includes additional processing capability designed to accelerate one or more types of computations outside of a CPU. This may include a graphics processing unit used for general-purpose computing , a field-programmable gate array , or...

       C-Series (Ontario), and E-Series (Zacate) with the following:
      • made on 40 nm CMOS process
      • support for DDR3 1333 MHz memory
      • 9W (C-Series) or 18W (E-Series) TDP
    • Mobility Radeon HD 6xxx GPU on 40 nm process
      • Cedar graphics core with 80 SP
      • DirectX 11
      • UVD 3
    Mobile chipset
    Chipset
    A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...

  • A50M (Hudson-M1)

  • Sabine (Fusion) platform (2011)

    The Sabine platform introduced on June 30, 2011 for the AMD Mainstream Notebook Platform consists of:
    AMD mobile Initial platform
    Mobile processor
    Mobile processor
    A mobile processor is a CPU designed to save power. It is found in mobile computers and cellphones.A CPU chip designed for portable computers, it is typically housed in a smaller chip package, but more importantly, in order to run cooler, it uses lower voltages than its desktop counterpart and has...

    Processors
    • Dual or Quad-core 64-bit
      64-bit
      64-bit is a word size that defines certain classes of computer architecture, buses, memory and CPUs, and by extension the software that runs on them. 64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1970s and in RISC-based workstations and servers since the early 1990s...

       AMD Fusion
      AMD Fusion
      AMD Fusion is the marketing name for a series of APUs by AMD. There are two flavors of Fusion currently available, one with its CPU logic based on the Bobcat core and the other its CPU logic based on the 10h core. In both cases the GPU logic is HD6xxx, which itself is based on the mobile variant of...

       APU
      Accelerated processing unit
      An accelerated processing unit is a processing system that includes additional processing capability designed to accelerate one or more types of computations outside of a CPU. This may include a graphics processing unit used for general-purpose computing , a field-programmable gate array , or...

       codenamed Llano, and with the followings:
      • made on 32 nm process
      • support for DDR3 1600 MHz memory
      • 35W or 45W TDP
    • Radeon HD 6xxxG GPU on 32 nm process
      • Sumo graphics core with up to 400 SP
      • DirectX 11
      • UVD 3
        Unified Video Decoder
        The Unified Video Decoder, previously called Universal Video Decoder, or UVD in short, is the video decoding unit from ATI Technologies to support hardware decode of H.264 and VC-1 video codec standards, and being a part of ATI Avivo HD technology....

    Mobile chipset
    Chipset
    A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...

  • A60M, A70M (Hudson-M2, Hudson-M3)

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