The processor is based on brisbane core (stepping G2) single core AMD K8 generation. The chipset is based on old generation Directx 9.0b.

The dv2 is not a new machine though, it's already been out for a few months. Only the CPU is new.

The article isn't talking about chips available 6 months ago. It is talking about the chips AMD has been prepping for "thin and light" notebooks. In other words, chips with better thermal properties that can be bunged into super thin notebook designs.

These chips are finally starting to trickle out into the market and apparently HP is going to release a machine based on them. It's not terribly exciting news, but news none the less.

why is this news?
i have had my toshiba amd dual core laptop about 4 months and it has a modern zm-80 ultra cpu with HD3650 graphics.
is it an indirect reference to intel being punished for paying people to use their chips?