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x-bit labs a questo indirizzo ha pubblicato alcune interessanti notizie sui futuri processori AMD Mobile:

At present, all AMD Athlon 4 processors feature the common Socket462 PGA package and fit into the regular Socket462 just like those used on the contemporary mainboards. However, the notebook makers are not very happy with this solution. Striving to miniaturize their products as greatly as possible, the mobile PC manufacturers expressed their discontent with the geometric size of Socket462: this socket is too big for notebooks and its height doesnÂ’t allow producing ultra-thin notebooks on Athlon 4.

• Low-Profile Socket462. This is the same Socket462 but with a bit lower height. While the sockets used on the desktop mainboards are 5.5mm high, the Low-Profile Socket462 is only 4.2mm. Though we should point out that AMD had to sacrifice its ZIF mechanism for the sake of lower height so that you will have to install and remove the CPU with the help of a screwdriver. Actually, this is not a problem for notebooks.
• MicroPGA Socket563. This is a completely new socket boasting comparatively smaller size. MicroPGA Socket563 is 33mm by 33mm big and is only 4.74mm high together with the CPU installed in it (Socket462 is 49mm by 49mm and makes 6.44mm together with the CPU). MicroPGA Socket563 will also have no ZIF-mechanism. Instead it will be equipped with a new fastening construction locked with a help of a screwdriver.
• In the end of this quarter, AMD will introduce Athlon 4 processors based on 0.13micron Thoroughbred core. The CPUs will have 256KB L2 cache, will support 200MHz/266MHz bus frequency and PowerNow! technology. The launching of these Athlon 4 processors will push AMD to use their performance rating for this CPU family.
• In Q3 2002 the mobile Duron family will be also moved to 0.13micron manufacturing technology. Mobile Durons will then be based on the new Appaloosa core. They will have 64KB L2 cache, support 200MHz bus and PowerNow! technology. The new Durons will be also marked with the new performance rating.
• In H2 2002 Athlon 4 family will acquire a new Barton core manufactured with 0.13micron SOI technology. L2 cache will remain the same, i.e. equal to 256KB. The bus frequency will also remain unchanged: 200MHz/266MHz.
• In H2 2003 AMD is going to launch a mobile Hammer version. It will happen a bit later, after Hammer appears in desktops and servers, because it will be used in notebooks only when AMD stats using 0.09micron manufacturing technology. These Hammer processors will be 64sq.mm in size, which will grant the appropriate heat dissipation level important for the mobile solutions.