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The Turion 64 is redirected from AMD Turion and the named after its 64-bit low power processors codenamed K8L. They are Low voltage CPU mainly targeted for the mobiles and is based on Athlon 64’s architecture. The Turion 64 is the name for the series of two processors, Turion 64 “Lancaster” and Turion 64” Richmond”, which are compatible with AMD’s Socket 754. The processors in this series are boasted with 512 or 1024 KB of L2 cache, 64-bit single channel on-die memory controller and 800MHz HyperTransport bus. The great inherent PowerNow feature is very useful as it is best for minimising the power consumption and is the best choice for many kinds of Processors. This technology also helps in positive changes in CPU clock rate and voltage depending on CPU usage. These Processors are better than AMD’s previous processors like Athlon 64.

The Lancaster has 64 + 64 KB (data + instructions) L1 cache and 512 or 1024 KB L2 cache which offers full speed performance. The Lancaster is available in two main models, MT and ML. The MT processors again have sub models like MT-28, MT-30, MT-32, MT-34, MT-37 and MT-40 and consume less power of only 25W while the sub models like ML-28, ML-30, ML-30, ML-32, ML-34, ML-37, ML-40, ML-42 and ML-44 consumes more power of 35W. The Richmond comes with the 64 +64 KB L1 cache and 512 KB of L2 cache and also offers full speed performance. This model includes the sub models like MK-36 and MK-38 and consumes the power of 31W.

The Turion 64 is equipped with DDR single channel configuration, Socket 754 or S1 pinout and 1TB of RAM memory. This Turion 64 supports MMX, 3Dnow!, SSE, SSE2 and SSE3 instructions. These processors have EVP (Enhanced Virus Protection) Technology and are based on 90 nm manufacturing process.