Mobile Athlon 64 is a family of mobile 64-bit microprocessors
based on K8 architecture. This family was
introduced together with desktop Athlon 64 CPU family on September 23,
2003. Many features for both families were the same, even Thermal
Design Power (TDP) of the first mobile processors was close to the TDP
of desktop Athlons. 4 months later AMD released Mobile processor with
lower (62 Watt) TDP, and in less than 6 months after that AMD
announced mobile Athlon 64 CPUs with 35 Watt Thermal Design Power.
Besides having lower power consumption than desktop processors, all
mobile Athlon 64 CPUs also incorporated PowerNow! technology. When
PowerNow! mode is activated, the processor automatically adjusts CPU
frequency and core voltage depending on the load. This allows the
processor to significantly reduce power consumption when CPU works
with word processor, e-mail and similar applications.
All Mobile Athlon 64 CPUs had single-channel DDR SDRAM memory
controller and one HyperTransport link. They were manufactured in
754-pin lidless micro-PGA package and used socket 754. All mobile
Athlons 64 CPUs included SSE and SSE2 instructions, mobile Athlons
with core revision E also included SSE3 instructions.
Mobile Athlon 64 family was replaced by
Turion 64 Mobile technology
family.
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