AMD Fusion APUs Now Official In Malaysia

It has been two months since AMD first unveiled their brand new line of Fusion processors at CES’11 and they are finally here - officially - in this country. If you haven’t heard about them before, the Fusion processors are unlike any other processors that AMD have released before. For the first time ever, AMD combined a northbridge, multi-core central processing unit (CPU) and discrete-level graphics processing unit (GPU) into a single package that they called the accelerated processing unit (APU).

Yesterday’s launch event was almost like a refresher course to us since we already talked about the new APUs before but nevertheless, it was still an interesting encounter as it was also the first time that we managed to see the APUs up close and personal. So, without further ado, jump in to check out what AMD have brought on to the Fusion’s official Malaysian launch event. 

Each AMD Fusion APUs might be packed with so many working parts yet they are very small in size. Here, Ben Williams - the Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Asia Pacific region for AMD – compared the Fusion APU with a coin.

An AMD Fusion APU versus a typical CPU as demonstrated by Bob Grim, AMD’s Director of Client Product Marketing.

[L-R] Here’s a close-up shot of an AMD Fusion APU next to our 5 cents coin and the APU’s underside.

The current line-up of AMD Fusion APUs are currently comprises of the low power C-Series and slightly powerful E-Series.

The 1.0GHz AMD C-50 APU performance comparisons against the 1.50GHz Intel Atom N550. Both are dual-core processors.

The running temperature comparisons between an AMD C-30 APU and Intel Atom N550, using a heat scanner. Temperature shown are in Celsius.

The 1.6 GHz AMD E-350 APU performance comparisons against the 1.86GHz Intel Pentium P6000. Both are dual-core processors.

The AMD Fusion C-Series and E-Series APUs are not really designed for high performance users. Hence, the upcoming A-Series APUs are more suitable for those who are hungry for more power.

On display at the launch event were Fusion motherboards from ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI. Since AMD Fusion C-Series and E-Series APUs are not available as stand-alone boxed products - their size are just too small for that - they are soldered directly into the motherboard, so each motherboard from AMD’s partners already comes together with an AMD Fusion APU. Not for the upcoming A-Series APUs though as they are relatively larger in size.

The Fujitsu Esprimo All-in-One PC is powered by AMD E-350 APU.

Contained within these chassis is the MSI E350IA-E45 motherboard which comes together with the dual-core 1.6GHz AMD E-350 APU. That model car is also a PC casing, by the way.

AMD Fusion-based laptops and netbooks from Fujitsu and MSI.

AMD Fusion-based laptops and netbooks from Sony, Tohsiba and HP.

AMD Fusion-based laptops from Acer.

The dual-core 1.0GHz AMD C-50 APU is also heading into Windows 7-based tablets from Acer and MSI, scheduled to be out within this year.

 

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Quite a number of these AMD Fusion-based notebooks, netbooks and motherboards are already available in the market. So, for further information about individual products, check out with respective manufacturers or your favourite retailers. To learn more about the new AMD Fusion APU, head on to www.amd.com. 

Article From: Lowyat