CES News: AMD unveils 'revolutionary' Fusion APU
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Advanced Micro Devices has officially launched its new class of accelerated processor, which it claims combines more compute capabilities than any processor in history. Launched at the Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, the eagerly anticipated Fusion range of Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) incorporates a number of technologies in a single die design.
These include multicore cpu (x86) technology, a DirectX11 capable discrete level graphics and parallel processing engine, a dedicated high definition video acceleration block and a high speed bus that speeds data across the differing types of processor cores within the design.
A range of new generations of desktop, notebook and hd netbooks are now available based on AMD Fusion APUs. Tablets and embedded designs based on Fusion are expected be available later in Q1 2011.
AMD says it expects manufacturers such as Acer, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba to announce plans to deliver AMD Fusion APU based systems at mainstream price points.
"We believe that AMD Fusion processors are, quite simply, the greatest advancement in processing since the introduction of the x86 architecture more than forty years ago," said Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, AMD Products Group. "In one major step, we enable users to experience hd everywhere as well as personal supercomputing capabilities in notebooks that can deliver all day battery life. It's a new category, a new approach, and opens up exciting new experiences for consumers."
