AMD Launches X2 Turion

[MaverickDBZ]

None, a new format just for the mobile AMD chips called S1 (Micro PGA) with 638 pins[no]

Damn! I guess an X2 Turion is out of the quesion for me unless I get a new laptop. Looks like I'll be getting a Turion64 ML-44 instead.

[bL33d]

I have a skt 754 athlon64 venice core that does 2.6ghz i dont think s754 is dead yet

[Langaleer]

I know what you will put in your laptop the next time ;-)

Will Turion be available in desktop too, like the Mobile Bartons?

I dont see why not. You can buy CoreDuo's and motherboards for them, so I dont see why AMD wouldnt tbh

[Horrorwood]

I have a skt 754 athlon64 venice core that does 2.6ghz i dont think s754 is dead yet

Socket 939 is/was scheduled to die before 754..

[IgLoCSka]

I dont see why not. You can buy CoreDuo's and motherboards for them, so I dont see why AMD wouldnt tbh

Because it uses it's own socket that can only be used with mobility chips, so it would most likely not be a commercial success [no]

[Langaleer]

Intel CoreDuos have socket 479 and dedicated 479 motherboards, granted theres not a lot of them!

[kingpotnoodle]

Because it uses it's own socket that can only be used with mobility chips, so it would most likely not be a commercial success [no]

*cough* so does Core Duo?

More likely to see M-ATX or SFF for it, for the HTPC/'lifestyle' market. Most Pentium-M motherboards have been like that, with the notable exception of AOpen's new 975X board for Yonah/Merom.

Either that or cling on to Asus doing the 'CT-638' but I think its unlikely given that Turion is basically a low volts A64 (which isn't that wasteful of power in first place), Core Duo and Pentium-M were significantly different enough to be more interesting and much lower power than P4/P-D.

[IgLoCSka]

Core Duo is a completely different CPU compared to the previous Intel chips, whilst Turion X2 is basically a low voltage A64 (closest to the AM2 models afaik, due to the DDR2 support?).

As it stands now I don't see any reason why I would choose a Turion over a Core Duo, let alone a Merom... I really hoped that AMD would give their current mobile users a nice upgrade for their existing laptops...

[thegooner]

I was really happy when I saw that the new Turion was coming, but after reading about the performance I think I gonna wait a while before upgrading my laptop to something newer.