AMD has launched its second-generation A-series line of processors aimed at a wide range of computers from desktops to “ultrathin” notebooks. You can’t call them ultrabooks because Intel owns the rights to that word. Code-named Trinity, the new chips in this family range from a low power 17W Â dual core processor processors aimed at ultrathins […]
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Sapphire Edge-HD3 Mini PC with AMD Fusion on the way
Sapphire Technology offers a line of miniature desktop computers that aren’t much bigger than a DVD drive under the Sapphire Edge-HD brand. Up until recently the company was packing its little computers with Intel Atom processors and NVIDIA ION graphics, but now a new model is on the way with an AMD Fusion processor. The […]
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Make your AMD Fusion laptop quieter or faster with BrazosTweaker
AMD is getting back some of the swagger it had back in the early days of the Athlon 64, and that’s due in no small part to the success of its Fusion APUs. The low-cost processors power dozens of inexpensive laptops, and they offer an solid mix of value, performance, and battery life. Better still, […]
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Asus Eee PC 1215B notebook review
The Asus Eee PC 1215B is a notebook with a 12.1 inch display and it looks an awful lot like all of the other recent 12.1 inch laptops from Asus. It has the same keyboard and touchpad layout, and generally has the same ports, and software. Even the power adapter looks like the one you […]
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Acer Aspire One 722 laptop with AMD C-50 goes up for pre-order
The Acer Aspire One 722 is a notebook with an 11.6 inch display, an AMD C-50 processor, and Radeon HD 6250 graphics. It’s not the most powerful portable laptop available, thanks to the C-50 chip which offers netbook-like performance. But it is one of the cheapest 11.6 inch notebooks you can find with support for […]
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Chip news: New ZiiLABS chips unveiled, 2 GHz Samsung chip on the way, AMD ships 3 million Fusion chips
3 Comments on Chip news: New ZiiLABS chips unveiled, 2 GHz Samsung chip on the way, AMD ships 3 million Fusion chipsThe folks responsible for cranking out computer chips are having a busy quarter. Creative Technology has announced that it will bring two new ZiiLABS processors for tablets, Samsung says it will have a new 2 GHz dual core smartphone chip ready to go by next year, and there’s a report suggesting that AMD has already […]
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Asus Eee Box nettops with AMD chips inch closer to release
The Asus Eee Box line of miniature desktop computers have shipped with low power Intel Atom chips since day one. Sure, some models had higher performance NVIDIA graphics processors, but under the hood every Eee Box had Intel inside. But now the company is getting ready to launch its first AMD-powered nettops. Asus first showed […]
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Acer Aspire One 722 notebook to pack AMD C-50 chip
Last year Acer introduced two mini-laptops with AMD processors, the Acer Aspire One 521 and Aspire One 721. The key difference was that the 721 had a larger 11.6 inch display while the 521 model featured 10.1 inch screen. This year Acer updated the lineup with an Acer Aspire One 522 10 inch netbook featuring […]
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AMD C-60 netbook chip with Turbo Core coming soon?
AMD’s Fusion chips have made a little splash in the netbook and notebook markets this year, combining high(ish) performance graphics and low power processors onto a single chip to offer better-than-netbook performance at netbook-like prices. So far we’ve seen 4 different chips, the AMD C-30, C-50, E-240 and E-350. Now Macles reports that a new […]
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Asus Eee PC 1015B, 1215B AMD Fusion notebooks now available for $290 and up
Two new portable laptops from Asus with AMD Fusion processors are now shipping in the US. The Asus Eee PC 1015B is a 10 inch netbook with a low power 1.2 GHz AMD C-30 single core processor, while the Asus Eee PC 1215B is a 12.1 inch laptop with a choice of a 1 GHz […]