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Anand managed to get hold of an early “Yonah” dual-core Pentium-M derivative processor from Intel, and a motherboard to go with it. The bad: It’s not compatible with existing CPU sockets/boards. The good: Performance in most benchmarks is close to AMD X2-3800+, and power consumption is quite a bit lower at load. It’s not clear whether the 108W and 144W comparison refers to AC power to the system or DC (I suspect the former).
How close this sample is to the production model, who can say? Still, it looks like AMD has a new target to shoot for; Yonah is supposed to be relased some time in the first half of 2006, perhaps even the first quarter. Anandtech’s Yonah report.
Anand managed to get hold of an early “Yonah” dual-core Pentium-M derivative processor from Intel, and a motherboard to go with it. The bad: It’s not compatible with existing CPU sockets/boards. The good: Performance in most benchmarks is close to AMD X2-3800+, and power consumption is quite a bit lower at load. It’s not clear whether the 108W and 144W comparison refers to AC power to the system or DC (I suspect the former).
How close this sample is to the production model, who can say? Still, it looks like AMD has a new target to shoot for; Yonah is supposed to be relased some time in the first half of 2006, perhaps even the first quarter. Anandtech’s Yonah report.
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