AMD has expanded its family of low-voltage mobile processors designed to offer high performance, security and mobility for thin and light notebooks. The new Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processor offers a 32-bit computing environment with a seamless transition to 64-bit computing. Like all the AMD64 processors, this new low-voltage mobile processor also offers Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) designed to prevent the spread of certain malicious viruses when enabled by Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).

The Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processor 3000+ for thin and light notebooks is the first new processor model manufactured with AMD's 90 nanometer production process, which enables higher performance without increased power consumption.

PC vendor Acer will equip its Ferrari brand notebook with the new chip, the companies said. The Ferrari 3400 notebook is expected to be available from Acer in Europe during September, with worldwide availability to follow in October.