[coreboot] [RFC] Porting coreboot to Intel Atom (Silverthorne) & SCH US15W (Poulsbo) chipset

Marc Jones Marc.Jones at amd.com
Wed May 7 22:11:03 CEST 2008


Peter Stuge wrote:
> On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 02:54:43PM -0500, Ken.Fuchs at bench.com wrote:
>> One of the hardware engineers on our project claims that AMD doesn't
>> have any processor using less than 30 W, but I couldn't believe that.
>> I searched for an AMD processor with low wattage requirements, but the
>> best I could find was this Sempron at 25 W (for just the processor).
>>
>> http://products.amd.com/en-us/NotebookCPUDetail.aspx?id=14
>>
>> AMD must have processors with lower wattage requirements, right?
> 
> I don't know what frequency you want, but I suppose the Geode LX
> could contend regarding power consumption?

Peter is correct. Depending on the performance envelope, Geode LX might 
fit your needs.

Check out the embedded website.
http://www.amd.com/embedded

Marc


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