  AMD "Trevally" block diagram courtesy of Chile Hardware
Comments     Threshold   RE: end of Feb? By outsider on 2/6/2007
5:19:29 PM , Rating: 2 First things first: 1. The chipset has
almost influence on power consumption. 2. Future upgradebility
does not count in laptops. You cannot replace a dual core with a
quad core in a notebook because of heat and higher power draw.
Thats because are because today's chipsets are already excellent
and with very little room for improvement. The article is an
english-to-english translation of a press release. What do you
expect them to say?  and second things second: 3. The graphics
on the notebook are on the same class of my 3 years old Radeon
9600 (the X700 on the RS690 has half the pipes), so gaming is
still out of question. 4. Much more important on a notebook are
the CPU, GPU and hard-drive. And if you want a top-of-the-line
notebook you should aim for a BluRay or HDDVD drive. IMO it
makes much more sense to wait for:  1. 65nm (or quad core, if
you haven't ye