AMD will focus less on desktop CPUs, more on mobile APUs

This one is probably a stupid question but here goes. Does one of those SoC designs that AMD is referring to have enough horsepower to run a full size desktop PC ? or does it just apply to mobile devices ?
 
This one is probably a stupid question but here goes. Does one of those SoC designs that AMD is referring to have enough horsepower to run a full size desktop PC ? or does it just apply to mobile devices ?
Kind of depends what your definition of "horsepower" is. If you're not gaming to any serious extent and not particularly worried about time taken in productivity/content creation apps - basically the same limitations that apply to a lot of cheaper mobile systems, then the first SoC designs shouldn't offer too much different from the Brazos systems + better graphics (Brazos utilizes HD 6300 level graphics). A capable HTPC. A lot depends on whether AMD keep to the timelines and/or don't keep changing specifications as they have been known to so.
As Anand noted in his excellent analysis of AMD's latest FAD, until AMD actually offer something in silicon it still reains conjecture as to what level of performance, and what shape the SoC's take:
I'm not sure AMD themselves know exactly what shape the SoC's will take, judging by the fact that they have yet to hire all the people responsible for bringing the designs to fruition
 
The market will buy the better chip "IF ITS ALLOWED TO". Intel have better chips now, but resorted to nefarious means in the past. But thats Y2k. Intel *have* been coasting since c2d, they couldnt believe the non/ incompetence of AMD. Now that others are stepping into thier patch, and that patch is shrinking, they are having to up their game, back to normal development cycles. They can milk the desktop/Server market @50% profit margin to use in their war to take over the tablet/smartphone MID sector. If you throw enough money at problems they tend to dissolve. DesKTop CPu's will be minor segment in five years. In some ways being the underdog and doing so badly allows AMD the leeway to take drastic action. Hector Ruin is gone, they are talking about using ARM IP, maybe they will be the top arm chipmaker, along with those tegra people
 
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