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The Mobile AMD Athlon™ 4 Processor Product Brief
Extreme Performance for Windows® XP
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- Featuring QuantiSpeed™ Architecture for Rapid Execution of Applications
- Compatible with Microsoft® Windows® XP
- AMD PowerNow!™ Technology for Extended Battery Life
- Create and View Powerful 3D Multimedia Content…On the Go
- Advanced Socket A Features
- The Power of a Reliable Partner
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Mobile AMD Athlon™ 4 Processor Overview
The mobile AMD Athlon™ 4 processor is the world's first seventh-generation x86 processor for high-performance notebook computing. Incorporating advanced features such as QuantiSpeed™ architecture and 3DNow!™ Professional technology, the mobile AMD Athlon 4 processor allows notebook systems to run the most demanding Microsoft Windows compatible business and multimedia applications available today, with ample performance headroom for tomorrow's advances in software and operating systems.
AMD delivers tremendous performance by work per clock cycle and by improving the operating frequency at the same time. The end result is a processor design that produces a high volume of work done per cycle and high operating frequencies—an optimum combination for compelling application performance.
Featuring QuantiSpeed™ Architecture for Rapid Execution of Applications
QuantiSpeed architecture, the latest technological enhancement to the award-winning AMD Athlon processor core, provides for extra performance in the cutting-edge features users need most. At the heart of QuantiSpeed architecture is a nine-issue, superscalar, fully-pipelined core. This provides more pathways to feed application instructions into the execution engines of the core, simply allowing the processor to complete more work in a given clock cycle. Additional features of QuantiSpeed architecture include a superscalar, fully-pipelined floating point engine, hardware data prefetch, and exclusive, speculative Translation Look-aside Buffers (TLBs). Combined, these features help boost overall productivity and allow a system to boot and load applications quickly. In the end, users will enjoy an effortless computing experience.
Compatible with Microsoft® Windows® XP
The mobile AMD Athlon 4 processor is designed to offer compelling performance for running Microsoft Windows XP, as well as outstanding performance on previous versions of Windows. The raw power and robust features of the mobile AMD Athlon 4 processor enable notebook users to make the most of multitasking and user switching capabilities offered in Windows XP. AMD Athlon processors were used in the design and development of Microsoft Windows XP, which helps to ensure that systems based on AMD processors offer excellent OS compatibility. AMD and Microsoft’s strong working relationship dates back over a decade to the first version of Windows. Over the years, AMD processors have powered some of the most reliable PC systems for Windows applications, increasing productivity and enjoyment for end users.
AMD PowerNow!™ Technology for Extended Battery Life
The mobile AMD Athlon 4 processor features AMD PowerNow! technology, which delivers performance on demand while providing the capability to significantly extend a system's battery life. AMD PowerNow! technology also enables your notebook to run cooler and quieter. Processors featuring AMD PowerNow! technology can operate at low-power or higher-performance modes based on the application’s demand for CPU cycles, optimizing battery life under typical usage conditions. Plus, Microsoft Windows XP integrates complete support for AMD PowerNow! technology into the operating system.
For more information about AMD PowerNow! technology, visit:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_1276_807^964,00.html
Create and View Powerful 3D Multimedia Content…On the Go
The mobile AMD Athlon 4 processor combines a powerful superscalar floating point engine with AMD's 3DNow! Professional technology to deliver outstanding 3D graphics and multimedia capabilities. Applications that can take advantage of these features include digital video editing, MP3 compression, DVD playback, digital audio processing and numerically intensive scientific and technical applications. AMD's 3DNow! Professional technology has widespread support from Microsoft and the x86 software development community.
Advanced Socket A Features†
AMD has not only developed a powerful x86 CPU for portable computing, but it has also worked with a host of industry partners to deliver high-performance notebook platform solutions based on the mobile AMD Athlon 4 processor system bus and Socket A specifications. The mobile AMD Athlon 4 processor supports Socket A platform features, including the industry's first 200MHz front-side bus in a notebook computer for fast memory and I/O performance, PC-133 or advanced DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM memory, and high-performance 4x AGP graphics. These advanced features are designed to help provide platform stability for the next one to two years.
† Socket A Platform features supported may vary in each notebook system. Please consult your manufacturer's specification sheet for details.
The Power of a Reliable Partner
Founded in 1969, AMD has shipped more than 175 million PC processors worldwide. AMD processors undergo extensive testing to confirm compatibility with Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT®, Windows 2000, and other operating systems.
AMD worked side-by-side with Microsoft to achieve compatibility between AMD processors and the Windows XP operating system. The result provides a stable system with reliable application performance and less downtime. The mobile AMD Athlon 4 processor is compatible with more than 60,000 software applications, including the latest 3DNow! Professional and MMX™ technology-enhanced software. AMD has worked with industry-leading hardware and software companies to achieve comprehensive compatibility. In addition, AMD also conducts its own rigorous processor validation to help assure the integrity and ease of use for which AMD processors are renowned.
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