Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[chipdesigner]

I don't believe AMD has the resources to staff layout teams to update the layouts of all their different brands each time they do a stepping or process change. I think Turion shares the same layout - and thus the same transistors - as E-step Opteron and Athlon 64 parts,

You're completely wrong! What you "believe" is at odds with reality.

Duh.

From AMD:

AMD, of Sunnyvale, Calif., hopes to make up for lost time. Marty Seyer, a vice president of AMD's microprocessor unit, said Turion will be based on a new transistor structure that will bring power savings and other benefits. While AMD plans to market the brand aggressively, he said there are no plans to emulate Intel's requirement that PC makers buy two kinds of chips in addition to the Pentium M to qualify for the Centrino logo and Intel marketing funds.


wbmw... wrong again!