Athlon 64 EE 65nm: 45 Watts yes, but...

Additionally to the Athlon 64 X2 6000+ announcement, AMD unveiled two new low power consumption processors: the Athlon 64 3500+ EE and 3800+ EE. Respectively clocked at 2.2 GHz and 2.4 GHz, they use 65 nm fabrications process, have a TDP of 45 watts but only one core and 512KB of L2 cache. Prices for 1000 units will be of $88 for the 3500+ EE and $93 for the 3800+ EE. An important point to note is that AMD’s product line already includes an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and an Athlon 64 3500+ with a TDP of 35 Watts. However, their fabrication process is 90 nm, they are only available in very small quantities and despite the smaller fabrication process AMD couldn’t reach the same level of dissipation.