01/12/10
New processor to boost laptop performance
AMD will reportedly put triple-core processors into laptops to fill a power and performance gap, according to PC Magazine. AMD's offering would reportedly be the first triple-core processor available for laptops. AMD has been offering triple-core processors for desktops and offers only dual-core chips for laptops. Laptops contain either dual-core or quad-core processors, and offering a triple-core CPU could bring laptops that are faster than the dual-core chips but more power-efficient than quad-core processors, said Bob Grim, director of client product marketing, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, according to PC Magazine. Adding a third core to laptops would boost performance of applications, Grim said. For example, the third core can take on resource-heavy tasks like antivirus scanning while freeing up the other two cores, he explained. AMD is also offering triple-core processors to PC makers as a way to differentiate from the usual dual-and quad-core offerings, PC Magazine said. The chips will be offered as part of the next-generation laptop platform code-named Danube. The company is also launching a new platform for ultra thin laptops called Nile, according to the report.
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