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Old September 10, 2010, 01:45 PM
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Default AMD to Demonstrate Fusion APU Codenamed "Zacate"
Next week in San Francisco, AMD will unveil the first North America public demonstrations of its AMD Fusion Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) codenamed "Zacate," a new dual-core, 18-watt TDP processor containing discrete-level graphics capabilities on die and designed to dramatically improve the user's PC experience. Targeting value and mainstream ... [ Read full article ]
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Old September 10, 2010, 02:18 PM
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an 18 watt cpu with on die graphics is nice, regardless of performance vs intel's units :)
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18 watts.. hmm... 18?.. wow... lmao thats uh.... low?

Id love to see this challenge intel though :) Just curious.
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pretty soon we may find something similar in smart phones..1080p off your phone+cpu raw power? me want
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Old September 10, 2010, 03:20 PM
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It'll be interesting to see how it performs against the current configuration. Power consumption reduction as well as lower thermals from gpu and less weight,....Should help to make laptops even lighter and help to prolong battery life between charges.
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I suppose this is to compete with the Intel Atom on some degree? AMD doesn't have much of a foothold in the notebook department.
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Old September 11, 2010, 08:20 AM
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I'm no expert but it seems like AMD is steeping up it's game.
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