Wednesday, February 22, 2006
AMD's Turion 64 on the Desktop
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 08:00 PM
"It's widely known that the Pentium M can be used to power a desktop system thanks to a growing number of motherboards and Small Form Factor systems designed specifically for it. The Pentium M uses a pin array that looks like it should fit in a standard socket 478, but its configuration is different and it requires a socket 479 board to work. Bringing Pentium M to the desktop required the interest and sustained effort of companies such as AOpen and DFI, who did not have official Intel support. Intel's view for a long time was that the Pentium M and socket 479 are part of the laptop-specific Centrino platform and should be supported by the mobile division...Not many people realize that the Turion 64 can also be used in this way. In fact, it doesn't even require a special motherboard — many Socket 754 boards that support desktop processors can also run Turions."
After having used a destktop PC running a Pentium M for a few days, I've become a big believer in these low-wattage, high-performance CPUs. Check out the article for more details.
After having used a destktop PC running a Pentium M for a few days, I've become a big believer in these low-wattage, high-performance CPUs. Check out the article for more details.
