With demand for AMD Turion 64 X2 processors in Taiwan picking up fast, AMD expects the dual-core processors to be utilized in over 50% of Turion-based notebooks shipped to the Taiwan market by the end of 2006.
Buoyed by the dual-core version, sales of Turion-based notebooks were strong at the 2006 Taipei Computer Applications Show earlier this month, according to AMD. Turion 64 X2-based notebooks were priced between NT$38,000 (US$1,160) and NT$39,000 during the show, the company added.
Seeing that dual-core platforms become mainstream and having hopes related to the Windows Vista operating system, which is expected to be released early next year, AMD projects that the Turion 64 X2 will replace its predecessor, the Turion 64, faster than expected. The dual-core processor have a good chance to be utilized in more than half of all Turion-based notebooks shipped in Taiwan by the end of this year, AMD said.
Dennis Chen, general manager of personal systems group at Hewlett Packard (HP) Taiwan, remarked that his company is also confident about sales of Turion 64 X2-based notebooks. He said that after July's launch of HP notebooks using Turion 64 X2-powered notebooks, demand for the dual-core models grew fast, and they now account for 60-70% of the company's sales of AMD-based notebooks in Taiwan.
Calvin Chang, vice president of Acer's marketing division for Taiwan, said that although the company has currently only one notebook model using the Turion 64 X2, Acer plans two more notebook models powered by the dual-core mobile CPUs from AMD to be soon launched in Taiwan. Acer's Ferrari notebook series will also adopt the 64-bit dual-core processors in the future, Chang added.
Article translated by Rodney Chan and edited by Vyacheslav Sobolev
