Turion 64

Turion 64 is AMD's 64-bit mobile processor, intended to compete with Intel's Pentium M. It is compatible with AMD's Socket 754 and is equipped with 512 or 1024 KB of L2 cache, a 64-bit single channel on-die memory controller, and an 800MHz HyperTransport bus. A new socket for Turion 64 and other mobile AMD processors, known as Socket S, will arrive in 2006.

Cores

Lancaster (90 nm SOI)

• L1 cache: 64 + 64 KB (data + instructions)
• L2 cache: 512 or 1024 KB, fullspeed
• MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Power Now!, NX Bit
• Socket 754, HyperTransport (800 MHz, HT800)
• VCore: 1.00V - 1.45V
• Power consumption (TDP): 25/35 Watt max
• First release: March 10, 2005
• Clock rate: 1600, 1800, 2000, 2200 MHz
  • 25W TDP:
    • MT-30: 1600 MHz (1024 KB L2-Cache)
    • MT-32: 1800 MHz (512 KB L2-Cache)
    • MT-34: 1800 MHz (1024 KB L2-Cache)
  • 35W TDP:
    • ML-28: 1600 MHz (512 KB L2-Cache)
    • ML-30: 1600 MHz (1024 KB L2-Cache)
    • ML-32: 1800 MHz (512 KB L2-Cache)
    • ML-34: 1800 MHz (1024 KB L2-Cache)
    • ML-37: 2000 MHz (1024 KB L2-Cache)
    • ML-40: 2200 MHz (1024 KB L2-Cache)

See also

• List of AMD microprocessors
• List of AMD Turion microprocessors

References

• Reuters news report on the announcement of the chips
• Physorg report on the chip becoming available
• Detailed review on the AMD Turion 64 at www.gamepc.com by Chris Connolly, 4 April 2005

External links

• AMD Turion 64 technical specifications
• List of many - if not all - AMD Turion 64 notebooks

Non-computing definitions

• Turion is also a winter bud of water vegetation.