AMD Officially Announces Turion X2 64-Bit Dual Core Mobile Processors

AMD has officially announced its next generation of mobile processors, the AMD Turion 64 X2 mobile processor family, the first 64-bit dual-core processor to make it to market for notebook PCs.

AMD is touting the fact they are first to market with 64-bit dual core technology for mobile processors, highlighting the fact they've beaten Intel to such a release.  Intel will release their Merom family of dual core 64-bit processors in the August time frame:

"AMD is first to market with the only 64-bit dual-core mobile processor, driving the wave of next-generation mobile platforms that are ready today to run the upcoming 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows Vista," said Chris Cloran, vice president, AMD Mobile Division. "This is advanced mobile technology for the office or home, packing dual-core processing for extreme multi-tasking, 64-bit computing, extended battery life and cutting-edge technology from industry leaders in wireless, connectivity and graphics."

HP will be one of the first companies on board with notebooks featuring the Turion X2 processor.  Last week HP announced the HP Pavilion dv2000 and Compaq Presario v3000 notebooks that will incorporate the Turion X2 processor.  Availability of these HP notebooks with the Turion X2 is expected for June.  Other notebook makers expected to use the Turion X2 are Acer, ASUS, BenQ, Flocity, FSC, Fujitsu, Gateway, HP, MSI, NEC, Packard Bell, Sotec and TongFang.

AMD Turion 64 X2 mobile technology is based on the same industry-leading Direct Connect Architecture featured in the AMD Opteron and AMD Athlon 64 X2 processors, providing high-speed links between cores, memory and I/O for increased system performance. The advanced feature set of AMD Turion 64 X2 mobile technology also includes:

• Multi-core Power Management, enabling reduced power consumption for extended battery life;
• AMD Digital Media Xpress for accelerated image processing, audio and video encoding and decoding, 3D graphic rendering; and
• AMD Virtualization, providing improved performance, reliability, and security for virtualized environments.

Below are the specific chips in the Turion X2 family that have been announced by AMD