HP, Toshiba unveil AMD Fusion laptops
According to Cnet, the new A-series APUs - available as the A4, A6, and A8 - are meant for mid- to high-level laptops, and the company describes the new parts by saying, “AMD A-Series APUs combine up to four x86 CPU cores with powerful DirectX 11-capable discrete-level graphics and up to 400 Radeon cores along with dedicated HD video processing on a single chip.”
The high-end quad-core A8 is targeted for “enthusiast HD and 3D entertainment,” with the quad-core A6 for “HD creation and Blu-ray entertainment,” and the lower-end dual-core A4 (comparable to Intel's Core i3) for “photo editing and HD movie playback.”
HP has been updating its laptops this year with Intel's latest Core chips based on the Sandy Bridge micro-architecture, which started shipping in January, says PC World.
Like the A-series chips, Sandy Bridge chips integrate the graphics processor and CPU in a single chip. Analysts have said that while AMD's graphics technology is superior, the CPU technology is better on Intel chips.
Like other vendors, HP is offering both AMD and Intel chips on its laptops to meet market demand for a variety of laptop configurations.
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