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AMD launches "Richland" A-Series APUs: slight speed bump, better power management

AMD launches "Richland" A-Series APUs: slight speed bump, better power management
  • Posted March 12, 2013, 1:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware With Video
  • AMD has formally announced its next generation of A-series processors, codenamed Richland, ahead of their planned availability in laptops starting next month. As we’ve mentioned before, this new APU uses the same base silicon as Trinity, including a Piledriver-based CPU…

AMD's upcoming "Richland" desktop APU lineup detailed

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  • Posted January 24, 2013, 3:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
  • AMD is set to replace the current generation A-series "Trinity" APUs with updated parts that are said to offer a performance boost of 20% to 40% over their predecessors. The company has said these new APUs, codenamed Richland, are already…

AMD takes 28nm Kabini, Temash APU production to TSMC

AMD takes 28nm Kabini, Temash APU production to TSMC
  • Posted January 15, 2013, 9:40 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • Despite starting up as a joint venture in 2009, GlobalFoundries and AMD haven't had the best of relationships over the years, with the latter blaming 32nm manufacturing issues for lower-than-expected revenue in 2011. As problems persisted towards the end of…

AMD details second gen A-Series desktop APUs, coming next week

AMD details second gen A-Series desktop APUs, coming next week
  • Posted September 27, 2012, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
  • AMD has unveiled the launch lineup for their second generation A-Series APUs for desktops based on Trinity silicon. The chip designer launched mobile processors of the same variety earlier this year to take advantage of seasonal back-to-school sales while desktop…

AMD to launch desktop "Trinity" and "Vishera" APUs in October

AMD to launch desktop "Trinity" and "Vishera" APUs in October
  • Posted July 16, 2012, 1:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
  • AMD has reportedly postponed the launch of its Trinity processors for desktops from August to October in order to make some adjustments to the chips’ designs, according to sources from motherboard makers talking to DigiTimes. The report is in line…

AMD Trinity and Brazos 2.0 APUs ship to OEMs, launching this quarter

AMD Trinity and Brazos 2.0 APUs ship to OEMs, launching this quarter
  • Posted April 20, 2012, 12:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
  • AMD has confirmed that its next-generation accelerated processing units (APUs) under the A-Series "Trinity" and E/C-Series "Brazos 2.0" lines, have begun shipping to device manufacturers and should start showing up in consumer laptops and desktops this quarter. The chips represent…

AMD refreshes A-Series family with seven new mobile APUs

AMD refreshes A-Series family with seven new mobile APUs
  • Posted December 8, 2011, 1:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
  • AMD has quietly added seven new products to its A-Series of APUs for notebooks. These are all 32nm parts and likely represent the last refresh of Llano on laptops before Trinity arrives in the first half of 2012 -- or…

AMD announces dual-core Llano APUs for under $70

AMD announces dual-core Llano APUs for under $70
  • Posted September 7, 2011, 6:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
  • AMD today announced its first dual-core Llano APUs, the A4-330 and A4-3400, extending the lineup beyond the five models currently available and bringing the entry-level desktop APU price down to just $70. Both chips integrate a Radeon HD 6410D GPU…

AMD readies a triple-core desktop Llano, early tests leaked

AMD readies a triple-core desktop Llano, early tests leaked
  • Posted July 13, 2011, 8:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
  • AMD is reportedly getting ready to add a triple-core variant to its A-Series processor lineup. The chip will be sold under the A6-3500 moniker and it is essentially the same as AMD's upcoming A6-3600, except for the fact that it…

AMD officially launches A-Series processors for notebooks

AMD officially launches A-Series processors for notebooks
  • Posted June 14, 2011, 5:27 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing Breaking News
  • Continuing with its Fusion family rollout AMD has now officially launched their A-Series of accelerated processing units -- or APUs. Unlike the low-power flavor of Fusion chips already on the market, the C-Series (Ontario) and E-Series (Zacate) for netbooks and…

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