Details on AMD’s ultrathin Nile platform revealed
May 12, 2010 at 12:55 pm
AMD has released some more details on its ultrathin ‘Nile’ platform range of processors. We have attached the relevant slides after the break, but basically the new platform will see a 22 percent performance increase and 36 percent increase in 3DMark06 scores compared to the older Congo platform.
Battery life is expected to be around the 4-8 hours mark. Quite a wide range, but 4 hours is active and 8 hours is “resting”. Other features includes DDR3 support, 5.1 surround sound, HDMI out and DX11 support (DirectX 10.1 for HD 4200). Click through for the slides.
May 12th, 2010 2:02 PM
Define exactly what “resting” is…technically a notebook/netbook is always active!
Its nice to see AMD finally starting to get into the game…long time coming I say but I can’t help but feel 2ghz dual core would have been the sweet spot!…Ah well
May 12th, 2010 2:32 PM
4 – 8 hours isn’t very encouraging AT ALL but AMD chips are better than Intel’s on most counts as per experts. Can’t wait for the first review, esp. that of dual core.