Talk:Turion 64 X2

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Linked article with benchmarks was a poor choice. It's compared to a number of amd and intel chips. But never to the core, which is the most important comparison for this chip

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[edit] 40%

"40% improvement over comparable 65 nm processes." What does this mean? --Gbleem 23:01, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Intel comparison

removed Core comparison. Leave that for review sites and tech tabloids to rehash

[edit] Core 2 Duo comparion - is it necessary?

I'm tempted to revert, claiming fanboy or WP:NOT#Soapbox. Alex 08:13, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you're talking about but looking at this revision which I presume is the revision you're talking about [1] and it seems fine to me. It just mentions it competes with Core 2 Duo which is true & factual albeit unreferenced. It is important to the article since it provides context and further reading information to a reader unfamiliar with the subject matter. It doesn't mention anything about which one is better so I don't get where fanboy/soapboxing comes into this. It would be rather silly to not mention it competes with the Core 2 Duo, a bit like talking about HD DVD without mentioning Blu-Ray Nil Einne 07:54, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
The bit of drivel about the memory access being full-duplex due to HyperTransport being full-duplex is inaccurate. The integrated memory controller attaches directly to the RAM, with no HyperTransport link in between. DDR2 SDRAM technology is inherently half-duplex in behavior, which means memory access is still half-duplex. The only current way to have concurrent communication between a memory controller and DDR2 SDRAM technology is by buffering writes; for instance, the AMB found in FB-DIMMs allows for sustained writes of up to half the aggregate bandwidth concurrently with reads by buffering and scheduling writes. HyperTransport is only used for I/O to the MCP/IGP and I/O hub.
Not to mention that a comparison with Merom has no place in a list of specifications. Observ 18:12, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TK-53 model???

Dell's 1501 Inspiron notebook now comes with an "Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Mobile Technology TK-53" processor (see http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/inspn_1501?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~ck=FamCustom). That's clearly a Turion 64 X2 model number, and seems to indicate a different revision. But if you upgrade it, the upgrades are "Turion 64 X2 TL-56" and TL-60.

What is this "Athlon Dual Core Mobile"? Is this some OEM-only rebranding of the Turion 64 X2? I can't find any information on it anywhere... not even on AMD's site.

Does anyone own such a processor, and can provide the specs on it (cache, MHz, etc.)? MOXFYRE (contrib) 01:05, 12 June 2007 (UTC)