Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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petz

Personally, I think AMD is sandbagging big time about the thin and light market.

I dont see AMD holding back anything: They released data yesterday from which everybody can see they have silicon to make a CPU for thin and light possible.

Which they would have done if they had a Tier-one notebook maker asking for it.

They did not, so notebook makers most probably wait for upcoming LV-CPUs to offer a T-L design for the stronger half of the year. Maybe OEMs using these designs will wait a lil bit longer for Windows-64.

Then (and only then) AMD-based Thin and Light offerings will have what it takes to supersede Centrino.

K.

p.s. I am not sure if anybody would follow your proposal and operate a CPU only for lower power-states, let alone AMD releasing a remarked chip for this purpose. Murphy's law, you know..