"How fast Dothan will be?"
It only has to be faster than the competition.
And the only competition for "Dothan" is its predecessor, Banias.
AMD has no competitive product, as they neglected the high volume, high ASP mobile market in favor of the very low volume server market that takes years to nurture and grow.
Hence, Intel's Dothan, like the Banias before it, can be introduced at very modest clock speeds, with only occasional, modest speed bumps (as the AMD folks like to call 'em !) because AMD, Transmeta, and VIA have nothing close to compete with this product.
And we can't ignore Intel's fantastic marketing for this product line [CENTRINO] - wrapping it up in the Mobile Wireless Communications trend that is sweeping the notebook market.
Extraordinarily successful - no?
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