AMD Releases 2 Low-Power 64-bit Processors 121
rwiggers writes "AMD has released two new low power processors for embedded apps. With a power of 18W and a chipset with 3W of average consumption [PDF] it seems we may have some interesting competition with Intel's Atom."
Re:point of sale systems? (Score:2, Funny)
But one of the users would install all sorts of malware and viruses. My highly trained (MSCE A+) technician tells me it's impossible to build an operating system which is immune to infection. He also told me Ubuntu had a higher total cost of ownership than Microsoft Vista XP 7 and doesn't support industry standards properly.
Re:18W "Thermal Design Power" (Score:2, Funny)
"Sigh... like they say: "A datasheet writer can get twice the performance out of a chip that an engineer can.""
And a marketing manager can get 4 times that...