Ready to 
AMD ups ultra-thin ante with next-gen “Conesus”
Robert Hallock
June 2, 2009 12:48 PM ET in Tech
AMD has begun to reveal select details about Conesus, a processor intended for the firm’s efforts in cultivating the value ultra-thin class of sub-notebooks.
The new processor will lie at the heart of AMD’s upcoming Congo platform, the package of core hardware that will succeed the Athlon Neo MV-40, Radeon X1200/X3410 and ATI RS690E chipset featured in the Yukon platform used by products like the HP dv2.
The Conesus will harness a 45nm process for boosted L2 cache, higher frequencies and a second core, a feature notably absent from netbook CPUs like the Atom N270. The natural performance advantage of AMD’s value ultra-thin processors married to a second processing core should offer a significant performance lead over netbook products.
Our sources tell us that the Conesus will be paired with the AMD 780G chipset and the entire package should start appearing in products early in the second half of 2009.
AMD's value ultra-thin platforms by the numbers
RSS