News - AMD intros 3rd generation of low-power and mainstream APUs

[HEXUS]

'Mullins' and 'Beema' feature category-leading performance and ARM based security.

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[mtyson]

AMD also wrote a blog post dedicated to these new APUs. http://community.amd.com/community/amd-blogs/amd/blog/2014/04/29/the-first-2014-mobile-apus-are-here

[Kanoe]

I hope we see some actual products come out with these. AMD has lost major traction in Notebook and not had any in Tablet so far despite some fairly good designs.

The more competition the better for the consumers (you would hope).

[Ksyruz]

I feel they should team up with Microsoft and create an Xbox portable to compete with nVidias Sheild. This would give AMD a way for phone/tablet manufacturers see the potential to use their tech. Also with these figures they can port most of the Xbox one games onto a portable systems.

[shaithis]

I feel they should team up with Microsoft and create an Xbox portable to compete with nVidias Sheild. This would give AMD a way for phone/tablet manufacturers see the potential to use their tech. Also with these figures they can port most of the Xbox one games onto a portable systems.

Indeed, the cynic in me thinks that the closest they would get is an expensive Tamagotchi system...

[crossy]

Hmm, I know these are laptop parts, but I can't help wondering if they'd be available for desktop use. I figure that low power = low heat too, so these might make the basis of a pretty good HTPC.

I feel they should team up with Microsoft and create an Xbox portable to compete with nVidias Sheild. This would give AMD a way for phone/tablet manufacturers see the potential to use their tech. Also with these figures they can port most of the Xbox one games onto a portable systems.

I like the way you're thinking - but can AMD's parts compete with the Tegra (?) in the Shield for graphics performance v's power drain? No point having a portable device that you can only game on for an hour.

Or is someone going to point out that dedicated gaming machines (like the DS etc) are pretty much passée now that "ordinary" tablets have reasonable graphics?

[scaryjim]

Hmm, I know these are laptop parts, but I can't help wondering if they'd be available for desktop use.

I'd be surprised if there wasn't eventually a Beema release for the AM1 platform, and on a desktop platform they can probably peg the clock speeds at a static 2.4GHz or higher, as they'll have a lot more headroom in terms of both power draw and thermal.

I don't know if there's room for a single-purpose gaming device in the market any more tbh. Shield isn't exactly a huge commercial success as far as I can tell, Nintendo's various DS consoles seem to be slowing down, PSP/PS Vita didn't exactly set the world on fire - perhaps gaming oriented tablets are the way to go (I know I've got a couple of friends who do all their portable gaming on 5" phablets with bluetooth controllers...)

[keithwalton]

Bit of a skewed tdp battle there.
The only two that are matched are the A6-6310 and P3556U at 15w a piece.

The N3510 chip is 7.5w and they claim to beat it with a 15w chip ...

Tablet wise the A6-Micro-6400T (who on earth comes up with these numbers!) is a 4.5W chip which they pitted up against the 2W Z3770.

2W is too much power for a tablet, so 4.5w isn't going to get many thin and light wins

[AETAaAS]

Bit of a skewed tdp battle there.
The only two that are matched are the A6-6310 and P3556U at 15w a piece.

The N3510 chip is 7.5w and they claim to beat it with a 15w chip ...

Tablet wise the A6-Micro-6400T (who on earth comes up with these numbers!) is a 4.5W chip which they pitted up against the 2W Z3770.

2W is too much power for a tablet, so 4.5w isn't going to get many thin and light wins

What are these mystical sub 2W tablet processors you speak of? The Z3770 is nominally a 4W TDP part IIRC. So the 6400T is pretty much going head to head with the Z3770. 2W is the SDP, a new measure which Intel introduced to make their processors seem more appealing next to ARM parts.