AMD Danube details on future mobile Phenom II

Stored at the entry level by the dominance of Intel in the field of mobile computing, AMD is preparing yet another attack with the platform Danube. This recall will involve a processor for dual, triple or quadruple heart smart Champlain chipset already employed by his predecessor and any dedicated graphics chip.

The new platform should be based on the latest architecture from AMD, according to a source familiar with the project founder, the K10 architecture upon which the processor Phenom II, solid alternative to offer Intel desktops. These processors would then appeal to the manufacturing process of 45 nm and housed their own memory controller, DDR3, consistent with the low consumption DDR3L, but they are however lacking cache third level.

Danube would be based on the same northbridge as the current platform Tigris, the RS880M, which houses a chip ATI Radeon 4200 supports DirectX 10.1 and hardware acceleration for decoding high definition video through the UVD 2. The platform would, however, entitled to a new Southbridge, the SB820M, offering no less than 14 USB 2.0 ports. Six Serial ATA ports latest 6 Gbps rubbed 2 good old USB 1.1 ports, while USB 3.0 will be sorely missed call.

Twelve processors are finally already planned, clocked at reasonable frequencies. The AMD Phenom quad heart II X920 Black Edition flagship of the family, would be clocked at a small 2.30 GHz equipped with 2 MB of L2 cache. It differed from its congeners by its multiplier unlocked.

With a launch platform Danube not expected before the month of May 2010, remains to be seen if AMD will again or not a train delay, while the announcement of new chips Arrandale 32-nm Intel is scheduled for CES in early January.