While the fact that the platform isn't an SoC was mentioned, I'm curious as to whether anything was said about a lower power FCH to go along with the Z-01? Spending 2.7-4.7 watts (according to the chart on page 2 of Anandtech's Brazos preview part 1) for the FCH when the processor is 'only' 5.9 watts wouldn't make much sense at all.
You are forgetting that most of the FCH TDP goes to things like six SATA 6Gbps ports, 14 USB posrt, gigabit NIC etc ...
What should have been mentioned (but would distract from the negativistic attitude) is that almost as big savings were made with regards to the FCH, but mostly not by binning but fusing fuctionality to a lower level.
It is not like people will run 6-drive SSD arrays on their tablets :).
A SOC like tegra 2 uses quite a lot of power when running at full capacity. The only reason it is "power efficient" is because it works quickly and returns to idle (a few milliwatts). If the Z-01 can idle at a similar wattage, it can compete. In fact, because it could return to idle more quickly (because it is faster) and because it can provide more top end performance if needed, it could even be a better alternative.
The big question is how to get rid of the low power x86 stigma that manufacturers seem to have.
Why do companies keep releasing Windows tablets? I have never seen anyone on the street carrying a Windows tablet. Honeycomb and iPad yes. Never Windows tablet.
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Khato - Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - link
While the fact that the platform isn't an SoC was mentioned, I'm curious as to whether anything was said about a lower power FCH to go along with the Z-01? Spending 2.7-4.7 watts (according to the chart on page 2 of Anandtech's Brazos preview part 1) for the FCH when the processor is 'only' 5.9 watts wouldn't make much sense at all.mino - Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - link
You are forgetting that most of the FCH TDP goes to things like six SATA 6Gbps ports, 14 USB posrt, gigabit NIC etc ...What should have been mentioned (but would distract from the negativistic attitude) is that almost as big savings were made with regards to the FCH, but mostly not by binning but fusing fuctionality to a lower level.
It is not like people will run 6-drive SSD arrays on their tablets :).
quadrivial - Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - link
A SOC like tegra 2 uses quite a lot of power when running at full capacity. The only reason it is "power efficient" is because it works quickly and returns to idle (a few milliwatts). If the Z-01 can idle at a similar wattage, it can compete. In fact, because it could return to idle more quickly (because it is faster) and because it can provide more top end performance if needed, it could even be a better alternative.The big question is how to get rid of the low power x86 stigma that manufacturers seem to have.
mmatis - Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - link
it's "nigh", not "neigh". Quit horsing around.1st sentence, 2nd paragraph.
AmdInside - Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - link
Why do companies keep releasing Windows tablets? I have never seen anyone on the street carrying a Windows tablet. Honeycomb and iPad yes. Never Windows tablet.erikejw - Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - link
Because they might use it instead of seeing it as an accessoargetting street cred, compare Chihuahua.
riottime - Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - link
...but i'm happy with my eee slate ep121 and it's uber powerful i5 cpu and wacom digitizer for now. ;)qqgoodhao - Sunday, July 17, 2011 - link
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