AMD Athlon 5350 

Although the rest of AMD's desktop sockets still rely on a latch + lever retention system, Socket-FS1b moves to a push-pin design similar to what Intel uses on its motherboards (albeit with fewer mounting holes, and much simpler mounting/removing due to lower retention force requirements).

Now either the motherboard manufacturer is getting a good deal on the CPU below tray price (most likely), or Intel is subsiding the cost, or the tray price is incorrect.

Add into that equation the inefficiency of a 500 watt power supply pushing 23 watts… we can see that the potential for a system with a much smaller and efficient power supply could potentially get down to the 12 watt range.

AM1 will likely not overclock worth beans, but the combination of efficiency and a deep feature set will make this product appealing to a significant cross section of consumers.

Indeed, most of the Bay Trail-equipped boards we've seen so far appear best suited to industrial applications.

Pentium J2900Celeron J1900Celeron J1800CPU Cores442Base/Turbo Boost Clock Rate2.41/2.67 GHz2/2.42 GHz2.41/2.58 GHzDynamic GPU Clock Range688/896 MHz688/854 MHz688/792 MHzMemory Data Rate1333 MT/s1333 MT/s1333 MT/sTotal Cache2 MB2 MB1 MBTDP10 W10 W10 W At least in this segment, AMD and Intel are topping out with four cores (the Jaguar architecture can continue scaling, as it does in the Xbox and PlayStation, while Silvermont does as well in the Atom C2000 family).

It is estimated that the entry level Kabini APU and motherboard combo will cost just around $60 US.

The chips both have a TDP of 25W which is quite good for desktop consumers aiming to build media boxes and HTPCs with these processors.