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Posted June 4, 2013, 11:00 PM by Steven Walton | Filed in TechSpot, Hardware
Little over 6 months since launching Trinity on the desktop, AMD is updating their product lineup with a minor refresh. Codenamed Richland, these new APUs offer no substantial changes to either the CPU or GPU. Other than some clock speed improvements and better power management, everything is mostly the same.

Leading the pack is the A10-6800K, which is stepping in to replace the A10-5800K. Both processors are identical with a few minor exceptions. The A10-6800K is clocked slightly higher and has an updated Radeon HD 8670D GPU. We're also taking a look at the bargain basement A4-4000 at the other end of the spectrum, which we suspect is going to be a slightly slower version of last year’s A4-5300.
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Posted May 29, 2013, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Gaming, Mobile Computing
AMD's Catalyst 13.6 beta is now available for public consumption and is intended for Radeon HD 5000 series cards and newer. On the list of changes is support for Temash, Kabini and Richland APUs; support for AMD Wireless Display (competitor…
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Posted May 22, 2013, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Gaming, Mobile Computing
Delivering on earlier promises, MSI is now shipping its GX70 and newest GX60 gaming laptops. The $1,299 and $1,399 laptops are the first of their kind to feature AMD's Radeon HD 8970M -- what AMD argues may be the pinnacle…
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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…
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Posted January 29, 2013, 9:39 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
With AMD's successor to Trinity already shipping to computer makers we’ve been hearing more and more details about the upcoming parts. Last week, Chinese website Expreview revealed the initial lineup for Richland on the desktop, and now VR-Zone is complementing…
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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…
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Posted January 8, 2013, 2:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing With Video
AMD's Radeon HD 8000M family was officially announced last month, but with CES now underway the company has taken the chance to inform us that their latest generation mobile GPUs are now shipping in products from Asus and Samsung, with…
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