Vizio is now selling the 11.6 inch Windows 8 tablet the company started showing off at CES in January. It’s a tablet with a 1080p display, Windpws 8 software, and an AMD processors. The Vizio MT11X-A1 is available from the Vizio Store for$600. On the one hand, this is one of the few tablets in […]
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Hands-on with the Vizio Tablet PC Windows 8 Slate (video)
The Vizio Tablet PC is an 11.6 inch Windows 8 slate with a 1 GHz AMD Z-60 “Hondo” processor. That’s a low power chip designed to offer long battery life and support for HD video thanks to Radeon HD graphics. While Intel’s Clover Trail chip has proven more popular with tablet makers in recent months, […]
Fujitsu Stylistic Q572 tablet inches toward launch, hits the FCC
The Fujitsu Sylistic Q572 is a 10 inch tablet aimed at the business and enterprise markets. Like a lot of new tablets, it will ship with Windows 8. But unlike almost every other tablet on the market today, it will have an AMD Z-60 Hondo processor. Fujitsu and AMD announced the tablet earlier this week, […]
AMD introduces Z-60 “Hondo” processor for Windows tablets
AMD’z new Z-60 processor is a low-power chip designed for Windows tablets. It’s a 1 GHz dual core processor with a TDP of 4.5 watts, which will let tablet makers build systems that are just 10mm (0.4 inches) thick while using fanless designs. In other words, the Z-60 chip is sort of AMD’s answer to […]
AMD outlines notebook, tablet chip plans through 2013
AMD has painted a basic picture of its plans for the next two years and it probably shouldn’t surprise anyone that a big part of that picture focuses on low power processors. The chip maker plans to update its E-series and C-series notebook chips later this year, as well as its Z-series low power chip […]
Next-gen AMD chip designed for Windows 8 tablets?
AMD just introduced its new Desna chip for tablets last month, but Turkish web site DonanimHaber has obtained leaked slides with details about a new low power tablet chip from AMD due out in 2012. The new chip is code-named Hondo, and the company plans to have it ready to go by the time Microsoft […]