Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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You can buy a 90nm 5000+ part that runs at 65W as well.
We realize we have very different understandings of mobile-segment. The one i am talking about is 25W and 35W envelopes primarily, 65W-SKUs can only be utilized for the "desknote" subsegment of this market.

Power is no better than 90nm
The envelopes do not change from a performance-targeted to a power-targeted process - but the sweetspot of power-envelopes - corresponding with the volumes they have for these envelopes. Significant increase of mobile-volumes are visible for a while already and can be tracked back to process.

Having said this, it is pretty ambitious to go into a new node with a power-targeted design and process. So it is neither surprizing they launched desktop first, nor that mobile-volumes have only been seen half a year later. Beyond, i don't think they are already below a sweet-spot of 45W which is still too high for mobile - i.e. the best of this is still to come.

K.