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HardOCP has new details on the upcoming K8L Quad Core AMD processor, including some bits from a chat with AMD's CTO. It also taps on the ATI/AMD merger and its impact on notebook hardware.

Beyond the obvious in-house chipset advantages that AMD will enjoy by bringing ATI on board, Phil sees ATI being utilized fully by AMD. As AMD and ATI move their power envelopes and processes down, they could very well carve out a huge market share in the notebook space. ATI has long made solid notebook 3D video chipsets, but now that CPU and GPU can be optimized onto a single piece of silicon.