Is it possible? For AMD's sake!!!

Could they just use the Phenom CPU for there notebooks they could undervolt it right? Or disable 2 cores, pr both.

 

Not likely it looks like with all AMD's problems they are struggling to keep their heads above Intel's rising water.

 

I just relised how lame that sounds

 

I don't really see how that's a good idea... they've already got such low yields that finding units that undervolt well is probably not practical to downright hard. And if you're disabling cores you're killing off the upper end of those low yields which, doesn't seem terribly smart.

Yes you could use those tri-core whatevers they're gonna release, but when you're disabling two cores why not just stick with a Turion or a C2D?

Those Clevo/Sager units use Intel desktop processors... but those are for people who are willing to pay loads of money for a gaming laptop. People who are willing to shell out for a gaming laptop are going to want the best performance they can get. And it's pretty much certain that Intel quads beat AMD quads.

Not to mention Intel's releasing a mobile quad which will (probably and sadly) outperform an undervolted, underclocked core-disabled Phenom

 

First of all AMD's desktop phenom has almost the same if not better performance then Intels aging QX6700 for a fraction of the price. ^^^^^^^

 

quad core in notebooks still has a long way to go. and wouldn't disabling two cores in a phenom simply make it a dual core processor (or am i not counting right?)

 

It would and I am just saying this because AMD does not have a proper notebook processor so using a desktop one might help. But I was wondering if AMD was planning a quad core notebook processor?

 

As much as I'd like to agree with you, all the reports I've read have put Phenom performance per clock per dollar under that of Intel's old line of quads. Not to mention that despite one or two optimistic reports most major reviews have not been able to scale their Phenoms as well either.

 

What about an AMD quadcore notebook processor is there one coming out soon?

 

I haven't seen any of AMD's mobile roadmaps for a while now... but as far as I can remember I've heard nothing about an AMD mobile quad. Chances are they'll eventually get around to it, but probably not anytime soon.

 

Dang I really want my next notebook to be a AMD ati combo, but I do like my money spent on better things.

 

AMD is actually focusing more on delivering their Fusion platform, which is quite an interesting strategic choice in opposition to Intel's move of adding cores their existing Core 2 Duos. The Fusion platform features a processor (presumably dual-core) with an on-chip graphics card, courtesy of ATI; this will add a lot of horsepower to IGPs where they are weakest.

The thing is, their mobile strategy is very interesting because it makes you wonder if they had these plans for ATI right from the beginning when they arranged the merger. If so, it could be that AMD has been planning for this for a long time and is hoping to cash in big. They definitely need a cash infusion.

 

Yes, I hope they do well. Competition is neccesary.
Also I believe the turion 64x2 was never meant for a notebook to begin with.
I believe this is what I had read, more than once...
They just didn't have a notebook chip available. If I am totally wrong, let me know, I did read this several times however.
I myself like the turion 64x2, I think it's a good mainstream chip. The one I question on performance is the Athlon tk-55 mobile chip...anyone know how well that performs?