Quick review on AMD Fusion APUs

AMD launched its Fusion family of APUs, or Accelerated Processing Units, which is the term used by the company to denote a CPU and GPU solution integrated on a single die.

The APUs, which will be divided into the E-Series and the C-Series, will have multi-core x86-based CPUs integrated with a graphics processor, which according to the company, will be able to handle 1080p high-definition video playback yet consumes less power.

The E-Series APU, which will be available for mainstream notebooks and all-in-one desktop PCs, is said to be very low-power yet offer better gaming performance, thanks to a more powerful, DirectX 11-capable GPU.


According to Bob Grim, director of client product marketing for the Computing Solutions Group at AMD, the E-Series offers up to 30% better performance in 3DMark '06 with the same class processor from the competition.

On the netbook front, AMD has the C-Series, which consumes so little power that AMD claims it will offer up to 12 hours battery life while giving 11x more graphics performance compared with current netbooks.

Over 35 AMD Fusion-based machines are set to launch in Asia in the first half of 2011 from PC makers like Acer, Dell, Fujitsu, Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba, with a number of these already in stores as you read this.

Later in the year, AMD will release the A-Series Fusion APU built on the 32nm (nanometre) process, which will be meant for high-performance desktop PCs and will have a whopping 500-Gigaflops of processing power.

Quick review on AMD Fusion APUs

AMD launched its Fusion family of APUs, or Accelerated Processing Units, which is the term used by the company to denote a CPU and GPU solution integrated on a single die.

The APUs, which will be divided into the E-Series and the C-Series, will have multi-core x86-based CPUs integrated with a graphics processor, which according to the company, will be able to handle 1080p high-definition video playback yet consumes less power.

The E-Series APU, which will be available for mainstream notebooks and all-in-one desktop PCs, is said to be very low-power yet offer better gaming performance, thanks to a more powerful, DirectX 11-capable GPU.


According to Bob Grim, director of client product marketing for the Computing Solutions Group at AMD, the E-Series offers up to 30% better performance in 3DMark '06 with the same class processor from the competition.

On the netbook front, AMD has the C-Series, which consumes so little power that AMD claims it will offer up to 12 hours battery life while giving 11x more graphics performance compared with current netbooks.

Over 35 AMD Fusion-based machines are set to launch in Asia in the first half of 2011 from PC makers like Acer, Dell, Fujitsu, Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba, with a number of these already in stores as you read this.

Later in the year, AMD will release the A-Series Fusion APU built on the 32nm (nanometre) process, which will be meant for high-performance desktop PCs and will have a whopping 500-Gigaflops of processing power.

Quick review on AMD Fusion APUs

AMD launched its Fusion family of APUs, or Accelerated Processing Units, which is the term used by the company to denote a CPU and GPU solution integrated on a single die.

The APUs, which will be divided into the E-Series and the C-Series, will have multi-core x86-based CPUs integrated with a graphics processor, which according to the company, will be able to handle 1080p high-definition video playback yet consumes less power.

The E-Series APU, which will be available for mainstream notebooks and all-in-one desktop PCs, is said to be very low-power yet offer better gaming performance, thanks to a more powerful, DirectX 11-capable GPU.


According to Bob Grim, director of client product marketing for the Computing Solutions Group at AMD, the E-Series offers up to 30% better performance in 3DMark '06 with the same class processor from the competition.

On the netbook front, AMD has the C-Series, which consumes so little power that AMD claims it will offer up to 12 hours battery life while giving 11x more graphics performance compared with current netbooks.

Over 35 AMD Fusion-based machines are set to launch in Asia in the first half of 2011 from PC makers like Acer, Dell, Fujitsu, Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba, with a number of these already in stores as you read this.

Later in the year, AMD will release the A-Series Fusion APU built on the 32nm (nanometre) process, which will be meant for high-performance desktop PCs and will have a whopping 500-Gigaflops of processing power.

AMD based netbook , Why there are always late

It is already well known that AMD has their own bechmark in high end computing product, especially for games and graphical works ( though I think Apple got extra mark on the second). However, they should not just ignore the huge desire from middle and lower rank users, which could contribute narrowing the gap between its competitor, Mr. Intel.

As I always said, AMD should go after the gaping hole between netbooks and thin-and-lights by releasing a low-power platform with solid graphics abilities, and it looks like the company’s finally coming around — AMD’s John Taylor just told us that the chipmaker will be releasing a netbook-class Fusion CPU / GPU hybrid codenamed “Ontario” with integrated DX11 graphics sometime next year. If Ontario sounds familiar, it’s because we’ve seen it leaked in the past — it’s a part of the “Brazos” platform built around the low-power Bobcat core. Of course, AMD has been promising Fusion chips of all stripes for years now without a single shipping part, so saying that a Fusion chip will get it into the netbook game in 2011 is mildly amusing — while AMD’s definitely turned things around, it’s still incredibly late to the low-end party, and Intel’s solidly beaten it to the hybrid CPU / GPU punch with the Core 2010 and Pine Trail Atom chips. Add in the fact that NVIDIA’s Optimus-based Ion 2 chipset seemingly offers the extended battery life of Atom with the performance of a discrete GPU, and we’d say the market niche Ontario is designed to fill may not actually be so niche when it finally arrives. We’ll see what happens — a year is a long, long time.

AMD based netbook , Why there are always late

It is already well known that AMD has their own bechmark in high end computing product, especially for games and graphical works ( though I think Apple got extra mark on the second). However, they should not just ignore the huge desire from middle and lower rank users, which could contribute narrowing the gap between its competitor, Mr. Intel.

As I always said, AMD should go after the gaping hole between netbooks and thin-and-lights by releasing a low-power platform with solid graphics abilities, and it looks like the company’s finally coming around — AMD’s John Taylor just told us that the chipmaker will be releasing a netbook-class Fusion CPU / GPU hybrid codenamed “Ontario” with integrated DX11 graphics sometime next year. If Ontario sounds familiar, it’s because we’ve seen it leaked in the past — it’s a part of the “Brazos” platform built around the low-power Bobcat core. Of course, AMD has been promising Fusion chips of all stripes for years now without a single shipping part, so saying that a Fusion chip will get it into the netbook game in 2011 is mildly amusing — while AMD’s definitely turned things around, it’s still incredibly late to the low-end party, and Intel’s solidly beaten it to the hybrid CPU / GPU punch with the Core 2010 and Pine Trail Atom chips. Add in the fact that NVIDIA’s Optimus-based Ion 2 chipset seemingly offers the extended battery life of Atom with the performance of a discrete GPU, and we’d say the market niche Ontario is designed to fill may not actually be so niche when it finally arrives. We’ll see what happens — a year is a long, long time.

AMD based netbook , Why there are always late

It is already well known that AMD has their own bechmark in high end computing product, especially for games and graphical works ( though I think Apple got extra mark on the second). However, they should not just ignore the huge desire from middle and lower rank users, which could contribute narrowing the gap between its competitor, Mr. Intel.

As I always said, AMD should go after the gaping hole between netbooks and thin-and-lights by releasing a low-power platform with solid graphics abilities, and it looks like the company’s finally coming around — AMD’s John Taylor just told us that the chipmaker will be releasing a netbook-class Fusion CPU / GPU hybrid codenamed “Ontario” with integrated DX11 graphics sometime next year. If Ontario sounds familiar, it’s because we’ve seen it leaked in the past — it’s a part of the “Brazos” platform built around the low-power Bobcat core. Of course, AMD has been promising Fusion chips of all stripes for years now without a single shipping part, so saying that a Fusion chip will get it into the netbook game in 2011 is mildly amusing — while AMD’s definitely turned things around, it’s still incredibly late to the low-end party, and Intel’s solidly beaten it to the hybrid CPU / GPU punch with the Core 2010 and Pine Trail Atom chips. Add in the fact that NVIDIA’s Optimus-based Ion 2 chipset seemingly offers the extended battery life of Atom with the performance of a discrete GPU, and we’d say the market niche Ontario is designed to fill may not actually be so niche when it finally arrives. We’ll see what happens — a year is a long, long time.