The Toshiba NB550D is one of the first 10 inch netbooks to ship with an AMD C-50 Fusion chip with integrated Radeon HD 6250 graphics. We already know that the chip can handle 1080p HD video playback and DirectX 11 graphics, but how does this 1 GHz dual core chip fare against the Intel Atom […]
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Acer launches Aspire One 522 netbook with AMD Fusion chip
As expected, Acer has officially announced a new AMD-powered 10 inch netbook. The Acer Aspire One 522 will ship with a new AMD Fusion processor, and while I’ve seen a lot of announcements for laptops with the new AMD E-350 Zacate chip, this is one of the first devices I’m aware of that will instead […]
Acer Aspire One 522 features AMD Ontario C-50, Radeon 6250 graphics
It’s steady as she goes for Acer, with the Aspire One 522 stepping out from the shadows in the shell they first introduced with the AOD255. The 522 will run AMD’s Fusion platform, featuring the company’s C-50 APU with dual 1GHz cores (which sip a scant 9W total) and integrated Radeon 6250 graphics with full […]
Acer’s upcoming Windows tablet to sport AMD Ontario chip
Acer has already stated that its upcoming Windows 7 tablet would use a “next generation” AMD chip. While Acer didn’t provide any additional details, the intrepid folks at DigiTimes think they’ve uncovered some more information about the chip. According to Digtimes’ sources, the Acer tablet will use a dual core AMD Ontario APU with integrated […]
AMD starts showing off next-generation low power chips
AMD is finally starting to show off its new chips based on the new low power Bobcat core. The folks at Hard OCP got a chance to check out a test system with a new Zacate chip which uses 18W or less of power. The platform also covers the upcoming Ontario chips which are destined […]
AMD unveils more Bobcat low power chip details
AMD has been teasing us with information about its upcoming Bobcat core for low power chips for ages… and is continuing to taunt us because the company doesn’t plan to actually launch chips based on the core until next year. Still, I guess we’ll have to take what we can get for now… and what […]
AMD’s next-gen Ontario chips previewed
AMD isn’t expected to ship chips based on its new Ontario platform until later this year, and you likely won’t be able to buy laptops with the processors until early 2011. But the folks at InsideHW got a chance to check out an Ontario test platform at the IFA show in Berlin this week. Ontario […]
Netbooks sporting AMD Ontario chips due out early next year
A few weeks ago AMD announced that it’s new low power Ontario chips for netbooks should begin shipping to PC makers by the end of 2010. There’s always a little gap between the date when a chip maker starts shipping a processor and the time when you can walk into a store and buy a […]
AMD Ontario chips for netbooks could ship this year
After years of pretty much sitting on the sidelines, AMD is starting to play in the netbook and low cost portable laptop space. We’re already seeing a handful of machines with AMD Nile chips, such as the Acer Aspire One 521 and Acer Aspire 1551. But AMD has another chip design in the works that’s […]