AMD Rolls Out 400-MHz K6-2-P For Notebooks

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June 15, 1999 (2:25 PM EDT)

As part of its renewed bid to gain market share, Advanced Micro Devices announced on Tuesday a 400-MHz version of its K6-2-P microprocessor for notebook PCs.

AMD made its announcement just a day after archrival Intel announced its 400-MHz Pentium II and Celeron notebook processors.

AMD's new chips will be manufactured on a 0.25-micron process geometry, while some of Intel's new 400-MHz chips will be fabricated on a 0.18-micron manufacturing line.

"AMD is committed to delivering high levels of performance at all system price points," said Dana Krelle, vice president of marketing at AMD's Computation Products Group (CPG), in a prepared statement.

"The new 400-MHz mobile AMD K6-2-P processor builds on our leadership in the growing value segment of the notebook market," he said. "The mobile AMD K6-2-P and the recently introduced mobile AMD K6-III-P processors offer our OEMs and end users a very competitive choice in the value and high-performance segments of the notebook market."

Dirk Meyer, vice president of engineering at AMD's CPG, said in a recent technical presentation that the company plans to capture 30 percent of the total PC microprocessor market by 2001, up from the 15 percent or so it holds now.

AMD's K6-2-P is priced the same as Intel's 400-MHz Celeron, $187 in 1,000s. Intel's 400-MHz Pentium II is priced at about $530.

The K6-2-P processors operate at 2.2 volts, and dissipate less than 12 watts of power running typical applications. The processor ships in a 321-pin ceramic PGA.

In a related announcement, Compaq said it plans to produce a Presario notebook system based on AMD's new chip.