News - AMD's UVC to combat Intel's Atom and VIA's Nano

[HEXUS]

It was only a matter of time before AMD staked a claim in the ultra-portable space, and it'll do so with its Ultra-Value Client solutions.

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[Biscuit]

OEM only?! does this mean we will not be able to buy them at all or will we see ones fixed to motherboards being sold because it think one of these with an IGP would make a fantastic media server/centre... iv been waiting for ages for the perfect solution.

[this_is_gav]

Agreed. This is pretty much the perfect HTPC box... just so long as there's a way of using a PCI/PCIe TV tuner and the graphics are half decent (780g sort of standard).

[Biscuit]

Agreed. This is pretty much the perfect HTPC box... just so long as there's a way of using a PCI/PCIe TV tuner and the graphics are half decent (780g sort of standard).

Definately, although for them to release such a CPU+chipset+IGP solution i think they would have to work on the power consumption of the 780/740G chipsets quite a bit otherwise they face the similar problem to the atom + 945 chipset with regards to unbalance.

[[GSV]Trig]

I like where the line is drawn, over the Atom but under the AMD offerings.

The thing is what do people use these netbooks for, if its just web browsing and the likes then the AMD chip draws too much power and offers nice features that are not really of much use to a netbook users, HTPC yes, netbook no.

IMHO of course...

[Biscuit]

I like where the line is drawn, over the Atom but under the AMD offerings.

The thing is what do people use these netbooks for, if its just web browsing and the likes then the AMD chip draws too much power and offers nice features that are not really of much use to a netbook users, HTPC yes, netbook no.

IMHO of course...

I would probably agree here although i think many people will use their netbooks for some multimedia playback + as we have seen with the atom we need to wait for the chipset to see what the real life power consumption is like. It seems each company has taken a slightly different angle on the netbook CPU thing:
This is kind of speculation and opinion so feel free to correct me

Intel atom - super low power consumption and limited functionality at low price
Via C8 nano - Low power consumption and some functionality at a cost(??)
AMD UVC - not so fantastic power consumption with good functionality at low price

[this_is_gav]

If the power consumption is an indication, then it ought to bridge the gap somewhat.