AMD Fusion APU shown at IFA 2010

[Sharktooth]

Here's the arcticle: http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/hardware/30229/amd-shows-fusion-processors-ifa-2010
as you can read they are dual cores and the integrated GPU has an universal video decoder (as all recent ATI cards) and it's capable of 1080p video playback out of the box. There are actually 2 variants of 18 and 8 watts both capable of HD playback...

[Ma-Xell]

Where's the like button? I wonder what the performance will be compared to the Atom.
The Ontario should be comparable to the Atom 330 as they both top 8W.
The other one consumes more than any Atom.

[Sharktooth]

performance should be much better than atom cpus (at the same clock speed) since the bobcat core is an out of order execution unit.
in the meanwhile AMD shown another APU in San Francisco. The Zacate APU (32nm, 18Watts): http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/hardware/30313/amd-showcase-zacate-apu-next-week-hears-no-idf-sees-no-idf

edit: the 32nm info is wrong. zacate is a 40nm APU.

[mandarinka]

I don't think the 32nm information is true.

[Sharktooth]

could you elaborate please?

EDIT: maybe i understood. Zacate is a 40nm APU. You meant that, dont you?

[Sharktooth]

and here's Llano and 68x0 series videocards: http://hothardware.com/News/AMD-Reveals-Radeon-HD-6800-Series-Demos-Llano-and-Mecha-Rampage/

[Sharktooth]

Fusion APU are shipping (http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/hardware/31621/amd-shipping-first-fusion-chips), just in time for xmas.