Low-Power AMD Fusion APU Chips Demonstrated at IFA

AMD has demonstrated the low-power Fusion APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) at the IFA Show in Berlin.

The Fusion APUs pack dual low-power CPU cores codenamed “Bobcat”, a graphics processor, and an Unified Video Decoder onto a single small-sized die.

The chips will be used in “Brazos” platform for netbooks, laptops, and desktops.

Low-Power Fusion will come in two flavors: an 18W TDP APU codenamed “Zacate” for ultrathin, mainstream, and value notebooks as well as desktops and all-in-ones; and a 9W unit codenamed “Ontario” for netbooks and small form factor desktops and devices.

“Both low-power APU versions feature two “Bobcat” x86 cores and fully support DirectX11, DirectCompute (Microsoft programming interface for GPU computing) and OpenCL (cross-platform programming interface standard for multi-core x86 and accelerated GPU computing). Both also include UVD dedicated hardware acceleration for HD video including 1080p resolutions,” a blog post on amd.com says.

“Brazos”-based systems will be available in early 2011, according to AMD.

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