Testing & Technology - AMD Turion

Another advantage possessed by this new mobile AMD processors is the nature of the stand-alone or stand-alone (unlike the creation of Intel's Centrino platform). With this independence scheme, notebooks with the Turion 64 processor can be sold at a price relatively cheaper due to not requiring equipment that has been certified and approved by AMD.

Besar dan garang: Memori eksternal 512 KB merupakan ciri khas Athlon Slot-A yang sukses menghantarkan AMD ke jalur ketenaran.

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Large and fierce: 512 KB external memory is characteristic of the Athlon Slot-A AMD to deliver a successful path of fame.


As a result, manufacturers are free to choose the combination of notebook accessories and peripherals that can be used with the Turion 64. Unfortunately, with schemes such independence, quality and performance of the Turion 64 processor-based notebooks vary from one brand to another brand.

Though it has been postponed several times, finally in May 2006, AMD announced the launch of Turion 64 X2. Turion 64 is the next generation comes in two core technologies and features some improvement. Not simply add a second core course, Turion 64 X2 brought some significant changes as follows; the use of 667 MHz DDR2 memory speed, use a new pin interface with name S1, virtualization technology, and management support for the latest temperatures.

The use of DDR2 memory with a larger bandwidth allows notebook with Turion 64 X2 processor has higher performance than the Turion 64. Meanwhile, AMD promises to use the same power with Turion 64 Turion 64 X2 even use two cores. Theoretically, it can indeed be carried out due to AMD implemented several new temperature control technology, such as adoption Deeper Sleep mode that allows Turion 64 X2 using as little electricity as possible when not in use. With the use of two-core Turion 64 X2 is equipped with power management schemes in each core. This is certainly allow a more precise division of power for each core so as to maximize the use of power.

In terms of naming, AMD is still sticking with the naming scheme of two letters combined with figures. This is intended to inform the audience about the level of power consumption and performance of the Turion 64 X2 has. Previously, the Turion 64, AMD uses the same naming scheme. Format to use for naming AMD Turion 64 processors and Turion 64 X2 is the AA-11. The first letter represents the type of format the processor, Turion 64 uses the letter "M", while the Turion 64 X2 uses the letter "T".

The second letter is used in this naming scheme is the level of power consumption where the earliest alphabet (A) denote the highest power consumption level, while the last alphabetically (Z) denote terhemat power consumption. Meanwhile, last two digits representing the value of which is owned performance processors. Apparently this time, AMD no longer use the Performance Rating (PR), which is comparable with the speed of Intel processors. Performance value that is used in naming Turion 64 and Turion 64 X2 represents a pure comparison of the performance of the Turion 64 line of processors series. For example, TL-50 processor (Turion 64 X2) which has a speed of 1.6 GHz has higher performance than the ML-30 (Turion 64), despite also running with the same velocity.

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