The AMD Athlon II X2 270u was a desktop processor with 2 cores, launched in September 2010. It is part of the Athlon II X2 lineup, using the Regor architecture with Socket AM3. Athlon II X2 270u has 1 MB of L2 cache and operates at 2000 MHz. AMD is making the Athlon II X2 270u on a 45 nm production node using 410 million transistors. The multiplier is locked on Athlon II X2 270u, which limits its overclocking potential.
With a TDP of 25 W, the Athlon II X2 270u consumes only little energy. AMD's processor supports DDR2 and DDR3 memory with a dual-channel interface. For communication with other components in the system, Athlon II X2 270u uses a PCI-Express Gen 2 connection. Although the processor doesn't come with integrated graphics, certain motherboards with compatible chipsets can provide this capability.
Hardware virtualization is available on the Athlon II X2 270u, which greatly improves virtual machine performance.