AMD Athlon XP SFF Pics at HotHardware.com

[NFS4]

http://www.hothardware.com/

 

[Paulson]

damn...

nice and small lol

 

[BD231]

Damn!!, that thing is tiny. I doubt it'll scale very high for all you oc'ers out there though.

 

[GT1999]

I wonder how fast they'll run at...

Yes, very very small indeed.

 

[BD231]

The bus frequency for this CPU makes 100 (200)MHz instead of the common 133(266)MHz, and the supported Vcore ranges between 1.05-1.45V, which allows reaching only 35W heat dissipation level. The new Athlon XP supports Cool?N?Quiet technology, which allows changing the CPU core clock frequency depending on its utilization. AMD has introduced this CPU for a relatively new market segment of economy PCs, which has always been the territory of VIA C3 and Transmeta Crusoe CPUs because of specific thermal and power requirements. Now it is possible to assemble power-saving and compact computers boasting the performance and features of their elder brothers, which is a very encouraging thing for those users, who need a quiet but at the same time fast solution.

I'm guessing 1ghz down, with the option to surpass 1ghz when needed.

 

[zippy]

Originally posted by: Geekish Thoughts
I wonder how fast they'll run at...

Yes, very very small indeed.

The chip in the pic appears to be 1GHz.

That is one tiny mofo. Wish they had a pic with a quarter next to the chip.

 

[Leo V]

Are these .18 or .13u chips?

 

[ALstonLoong]

wow ! thats cool ! 1.4v-1.45V lower then intel ! hopefully that can reach higher mhz!

 

[Wingznut]

What's the big deal?

Afaik... It's only 1ghz, intended for the mobile market, and it's the same size as a S478 cpu. I don't see anyone getting a chance at overclocking these any time soon.

I guess it'd be cool if they made it available for the really small systems... even smaller than the Shuttle one. But even still...

Or am I really missing something here?

 

[Soulkeeper]

Leo V .13 T-bred core

 

[Leo V]

Originally posted by: Wingznut PEZ
What's the big deal?

Afaik... It's only 1ghz, intended for the mobile market, and it's the same size as a S478 cpu. I don't see anyone getting a chance at overclocking these any time soon.

I guess it'd be cool if they made it available for the really small systems... even smaller than the Shuttle one. But even still...

Or am I really missing something here?

Xbitlabs reports that they'll be used in low-power desktop PC's. I still suspect that an undervolted/clocked "real" Tbred would give better performance-per-watt.

 

[pm]

Originally posted by: ALstonLoong
wow ! thats cool ! 1.4v-1.45V lower then intel ! hopefully that can reach higher mhz!

How is that lower than Intel? The Intel Pentium 4 Mobile (1.4-2GHz) is a volt in it's lowest power mode (at which level it uses 2.9W of power) and then ramps to a peak of 1.3V depending on usage.

Edit: Ack. Ok, I didn't realize this was a desktop part. My mistake. I assumed it was for mobile apps.

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: Leo V

Originally posted by: Wingznut PEZ
What's the big deal?

Afaik... It's only 1ghz, intended for the mobile market, and it's the same size as a S478 cpu. I don't see anyone getting a chance at overclocking these any time soon.

I guess it'd be cool if they made it available for the really small systems... even smaller than the Shuttle one. But even still...

Or am I really missing something here?

Xbitlabs reports that they'll be used in low-power desktop PC's. I still suspect that an undervolted/clocked "real" Tbred would give better performance-per-watt.

Ok, but if they do get released as a "low power desktop", then when we overclock them, we just screwed ourselves out of the "low power" part and would be better off with a Tualatin, Northwood or lower mhz T-bred.

I must be missing something