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[jhalada]

wbmw,

The most likely product we'll see from Fusion is a combined CPU and GPU that has had to derate the performance of both in order to fit in the same power envelopes that current mainstream processors currently exist. For example, a 65W TDP Fusion processor might include 45W of CPU and 20W of GPU. A 95W TDP might include 65W of CPU and 30W of GPU. Essentially, they both have to share the resources available to them.

That's the ticket - mainstream to low end market. High end will continue to be discrete.

BTW, what I meant by net basis is the system power. If you eliminate some of the external buses, you save power. In addition to saving power, you save on mobo costs.

Joe