This summer AMD introduces its Nile line of processors which offer better-than-Intel-Atom performance without using too much more power than an Atom chip. The result is computers such as the Dell Inspiron M101z and Acer Aspire One 721 which offer HD video playback, zippy performance, and more than 5 hours of battery life using AMD K125, K325, and K625 chips….

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Acer and MSI aren’t the only companies showing off new mini-laptops with shiny new AMD chips this week. The folks at nDevil spotted an HP Pavilion DM1z on display at an AMD event in France this week. It looks like an updated version of the HP DM1 which was introduced last year. The new model has a 1.7GHz AMD Athlon…

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Acer is reportedly preparing to launch a new 10.1 inch netbook that chucks the Intel Atom chipset for an AMD chip. Macles reports that the Acer Aspire One 521 will have a 1.2GHz AMD V105 single core processor. The V105 is part of AMD’s Nile lineup, and it has 512KB of L2 cache, support for DDR3 memory, and a total…

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AMD is a chip maker that’s best known for making high performance processors, not energy efficient chips. And they definitely aren’t known for producing processors that will help a PC attain long battery life. While that’s great if you’re putting together a gaming rig or a home theater PC, it means that AMD hasn’t offered much for the low cost…

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