
Based on battery life, it appears that the entire test notebook consumes around 7.42W at idle. Don’t let the relatively high TDPs fool you, as similar to Intel we’re looking at maximum TDP while idle and low-load TDP will be far lower. The former models end with an M while the latter end in MX. There are two different power envelopes for Llano right now: 35W and 45W. Here’s the overview of the mobile A-series APUs launching today. Easier said than done, of course, as K10.5 parts previously used a 45nm process while Redwood used 40nm, so AMD had plenty of work to do before they could realize the simplistic overview I just described the result is what matters, though, so let’s break out our spoons and see how the pudding tastes. At a high level, the breakdown of Llano is really quite simple: take a K10.5 series CPU core (dual- or quad-core), pair it up with a DX11 capable GPU core similar to AMD’s Redwood line (5600/5600M or 6500M), and then mix in power gating and Turbo Core bake everything in a 32nm process and you’ve got Llano. All models support eSATA implementations of available SATA channels.Anand has provided our coverage of Llano’s architecture and he’ll have a preview of desktop performance, but he’s leaving the mobile coverage to me (Jarred).Southbridges AMD-xxx Modelġ Parallel ATA, also known as Enhanced IDE supports up to 2 devices per channel. Support for AMD Quad FX platform ( FASN8),ĭual socket enthusiast platform with NUMA,Ī-Link Express III is essentially PCIe 2.0 x4 lanes. See Comparison of ATI Chipsets for the comparison of chipsets sold under the ATI brand for AMD processors, before AMD's acquisition of ATI.ĭirectX 10, UVD+, HDMI/ HDCP, DisplayPort/DPCP, Side-port memory, Ī-Link Express and A-Link Express II are essentially PCIe 1.1 x4 lanes.

A later refresh of the chipset had the USB problem remedied. Manufacturers included PCI USB cards to cover this shortcoming. Most initial boards shipped without USB headers due to a fault with the integrated USB controller. Irongate chipset family early steppings had issues with AGP 2× drivers often limited support to AGP 1× later fixed with "super bypass" memory access adjustment. Northbridges AMD-xxx ModelĪMD licensed VIA Technologies' Apollo VP2/97 AMD Chipset logo, in use from around 2000 till 2011.
