AMD Revealed High Performance Z-60 Hondo APU For Windows 8 Tablets
Well known chip designer AMD has announced the embedded accelerated processor unit (APU) called Hondo for Windows 8 tablets. The INQUIRER claimed that earlier the company said to the site that its oncoming Hondo chip is specially made for Windows 8 OS. AMD has revealed the specifications of its first Z-60 Hondo APU.
AMD Doubles Performance In Second Generation A-Series APU – Codenamed ‘Trinity’
After launching the Intel’s third-generation Core i processors (Ivy Bridge), AMD has launched its latest 2nd-Generation A-Series APU processor, codenamed “Trinity”. This processor is perfect for the mainstream and ultrathin notebooks, All-in-One and traditional desktops, and home theater PCs. For making this processor, AMD uses the term of CPU (Central Processing Unit) and APU (Accelerated Processing Units), that means it is a combination of CPU and discrete-level GPU.
AMD A8-3870K APU With AMD Radeon 6550 HD Graphics
The new AMD A-Series APU joins world-class, discrete-level graphics technology and responsive processing power on a single chip, elevating the visual experience to stunning new HD heights. Discrete-level graphics with full DirectX 11 support lets you enjoy lifelike detail and realistic effects in games. Edit HD photos and videos with ease and responsiveness thanks to quad-core power. And surf the Web, stream video and work in everyday applications at blazing-fast speeds with accelerated application support. All this in a compact, energy-efficient design that’s as affordable as it is stunning. This new design requires an FM1 socket and is not backwards compatible with the AM3 socket.
AMD Updates A-Series Processors, Includes Unlocked Chips
Chipmaker AMD release updates to its A-series desktop and notebook Fusion processors with bumping clock speeds and adding overclocking to the desktop line. The two unlocked editions are the AMD A8-3870K and AMD A8-3670K. Both chips can be overclocked by about 500MHz on the CPU side, and 200MHz on the graphics processor side (GPU). There is a difference in the number of GPU cores between the two: 380 vs. 400. There is 6 desktop and 8 laptop processors have been announced.
AMD Updates E-Series And C-Series Fusion APUs
AMD has announced that it has updated its line of Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) with new version of its Series C and Series E processors, this update is targeting a wide array of computer ranging from ultrathin laptops to desktop computers. The updated Zacate and Ontario APUs sport DDR-1333 and HDMI 1.4a support, snaring bragging rights to faster memory and 3D output for 3D-enabled televisions and promise an increased resting battery life up to 10.5 hours for the E-Series and a staggering 12 hours on the C-Series……………….
MacBook Air Beating Ultrabooks Already
There’s no denying that the MacBook Air is the laptop to beat these days, but Intel answer to the MacBook air with Ultrabook. Samsung has also an Intel Sandy Bridge based challenger for the Apple Macbook Air in the Samsung Series 9 and MacBook Air outdoing the ultrabooks on price and profit even before their launch…………
Ripple Going To Release With New AMD Brazos Plus Fusion E-Series Chip
Ripple Korea release a new AMD Brazos powered Ripple Look with Fusion E-Series chip, leaves its handsome design. It’s packed a dual-core Atom processor and integrated Intel graphics. Checkout the specifications bellow.
GIGABYTE Bring A75 Motherboards For AMD Llano A8 And A6 APU
GIGABYTE TECHNOLGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of computer hardware like motherboards and graphics cards. They have launched their latest series of motherboards supporting the new AMD A75 series chipsets, and the latest AMD A-Series APUs. The Fusion A-Series combines a discrete-class Radeon HD GPU and either a dual- or quad-core CPU on the same die, though all of the A6 and A8 models are quad-core.
AMD Fusion A-Series Chips Official
AMD ushers in next generation of computing with AMD A-Series APUs and new AMD Fusion APUs enable brilliant graphics, supercomputer-like performance and all day battery life. AMD’s range can handle up to four x86 CPU cores with DirectX(R)11-capable discrete-level graphics and up to 400 Radeon cores, along with HD video processing on a single chip and also it support gestural interfaces, multi-monitor support, 3D entertainment and real-time image stabilisation. As for Llano, A4 and A6 series APUs should take on Intel Core i3 and some Core i5 processors, while the A8 will slug it out with faster Core i5 and Core i7 processors and -series Llano APUs are pitted against Pentiums…………
HP New Notebook Portfolio Powered With AMD
HP upgrades 11 Pavilion and ProBook laptops to AMD Llano APUs and on the consumer side, the Pavilion dv (dv4, dv6, dv7) and g (g4, g6, g7) series are both getting in on the action, with the dv models touting fancier additions like Beats Audio and CoolSense as justifications for their dearer pricing. For the more demure or business-oriented AMD fans, ProBook laptops of both b (6465b, 6465b) and s (4535s, 4435s, 4436s) varieties are also getting A-series processor options and pricing starts out at $600 on the dv line and $450 for the g series with both expected to ship in July…………
Advanced Micro Devices has shipped 5 million power-efficient Fusion processors
AMD ships five million Fusion chips, says it’s sold out. AMD said this week that it has shipped about 5 million of its power-efficient Fusion processors to date, as it makes inroads thanks to Intel’s fading Netbook franchise.
AMD Embedded G-Series APUs
AMD announces new, more energy efficient Embedded G-Series APUs, combining Fusion-based processing with reduced power consumption and it provide thirty nine percent power reduction for fanless designs. The dual-core T40E and single-core T40R, both clocked at 1GHz, are said to be up to 39 percent more power efficient than an earlier 1.2GHz G-Series processor, but still offer DirectX 11-capable graphics and a 64-bit memory controller and are designed for compact, multimedia-ready fanless embedded systems like digital signage, kiosks, mobile industrial devices etc…….
NASA Calls Off Endeavour Launch For Minimum Three Days
NASA has called off the launch for the space shuttle Endeavour due to a heating problem. The launch was set to be the last one for the space shuttle before it went into retirement. An estimated 700,000 visitors were due to watch the launch at Kennedy Space Center in Florida Friday at 3:47 p.m. EST.
AMD Reports First Quarter Results
AMD collects half a billion in Q1 profit, Fusion APUs now account for half of its laptop shipments and average selling prices in both the microprocessor and graphics divisions were down sequentially, with AMD having to react to pressure from its traditional foes Intel and NVIDIA,D’s net income for the past quarter was $510 million, generated from $1.61 billion in total revenues…………..
MSI Windtop AE2050 All-In-One Desktop PC Launched in Europe
MSI has launched its Brazos-based all-in-one desktop the MSI Wind Top AE2050 in Europe with actual availability on the Old Continent likely set for next week (early April is the official word). The Wind Top AE2050 has a base price tag of €599 and will be available with Windows 7 Home Premium or Porfessional (64bit).
