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AMD Windows 8 tablet boot comparison “Desna” Z-01 & “Ontario” C-50 Fusion APUs

At the BUILD conference where Microsoft launched their new operating system Windows 8, AMD showed off a pair of slates we’ve seen before, specifically the Acer Iconia Tab W500…, running on the company’s C-50 APU, and MSI’s WinPad 110W, sporting the Z-01 APU. This

Samsung Series 3 305U1 Ultra-thin 11.6″ Notebook Running AMD Fusion at IFA 2011 [video]

Roland has a quick walkthrough video for the Ultra-thin Samsung Series 3 305U1 laptop. Spec rundown:

  • 11.6″ screen, 1366 x 768 resolution, matte display
  • AMD E-350, dual-core, 1.6GHz processor
  • Radeon 6350 integrated graphics
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 250 GB hard drive
  • 3 USB ports
  • Gigabit

Got AMD Fusion? Make Your Lappy Faster or Quieter with BrazosTweaker

Got an AMD Fusion laptop with a low-end Brazos APU (AMD C-50 and E-450 are supported) Fancy underclocking your device for a quieter, longer running experience or are you after more raw power? BrazosTweaker is a Windows application enabling both of these options by giving…

AMD Fusion E-series and C-series APUs Now Official

We’ve seen some of these on the recent Dell Inspiron M102z already selling in several countries, and now AMD has gone official with them – the new E and C-series Fusion APUs. There’s the Ontario based C-60 for the netbook side of things and the…

12-inch ASUS Eee PC 1215B to get AMD E-450 boost

AMD has yet to announce their latest series of low-end Fusion Brazos fusion chips, namely the Ontario based C-60 for netbooks and the Zacate E-450 for devices a little more powerful. Despite that, they are already on sale in the 11.6-inch Dell Inspiron M102z in…

AMD’s Wichita APU (in 2012) to squeeze quad-core into 20W

A quad-core design with a 20W TDP may be laughable on the ARM side of things but on the Intel x86 compatible side of computing it’s apparently one of the most efficient quad-core designs to be seen so far. This design refers to one of…

Back to School 2011: Best Options for 11.6″ Netbooks

We’ve been getting a few questions about 11.6 inch Netbooks and well, notebooks because once your put a Core i series processor in your device, its not a netbook anymore!  Regardless of what you want to call them if you’re after an 11.6 inch device…

Dell Inspiron M102z gets AMD Fusion E-450, C-60 upgrade options

The 11.6-inch Dell Inspiron M102z first arrived back in April and found its way to various countries like Australia, Hong Kong and Japan but it never went on sale in the US. It is identical to the last-gen M101z in regards to the chassis except…

MSI WindPad 110W 10.1″ AMD Fusion Tablet Unboxing

This is the first tablet to sport AMD’s brand-spanking new AMD Fusion Z-01 processor (5.9W TDP) for tablets is the MSI Windpad 110W…. Feels pretty warm and plenty of air vents on the sides and back to keep it cool. Optical mouse located on

AMD is Back in the Black Thanks to Fusion

AMD reported its Q2 financial results, which point to a net income of $61 million from total revenues of $1.57 billion. It looks like AMD is finally back in the black and turning a profit if we compare it to the same quarter last year…

AMD’s Brazos E-450 Processor Reveals a Few More Details

Details on AMD’s upcoming update of the Brazos platform, the E-450 APU have been leaked. At Computex in June we found out that the it will  feature an updated HD 6320 graphics card, a bit higher CPU clock and support for higher clocked memory.
The…

Next-gen AMD Fusion tablet chips ‘Hondo’ and ‘Samara’ leaked

The AMD Fusion tablet-oriented “Desna” Z chip recently hit the market with barely a product to its name but AMD is already preparing to talk up the next-gen Fusion chips that will power tablets in 2012 and 2013, according to leaked slides tipped to a…

11.6-inch ThinkPad Edge E125 with AMD Fusion spotted

Late last year, Lenovo brought their ThinkPad Edge series of laptops down to 11.6-inches with the ThinkPad Edge 11, powered by first-gen Intel Core i processors, retaining an excellent chiclet keyboard and trackpad and the signature ThinkPad nub in the middle of the keyboard. One…

AMD Desna Leaked in Tablet Roadmap

AMD has been upping the ante in the mobile computing space since it released its Fusion line up to compete with Intel’s Atom CPU. We’ve been expecting news of AMDs tablet intentions for a while now so the leaked slides don’t really come as a…

AMD Announces updated Embedded G-series APUs with Increased Energy Efficiency

AMD announced Two new editions to its G-series of embedded APUs today, the T40E and T40R. These new editions were designed for thin clients that don’t require active cooling aka fans, to run. They combine the Fusion platform with reduced power consumption. Both use 64…