AMD unveils faster chipset, Fusion

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February 2, 2011

Chip maker AMD has launched a new chipset, Fusion, which the company claims will offer higher computing speed, superior graphics experience, and longer battery life. The company said Fusion-powered systems will bring supercomputer-like performance, and places AMD one step ahead of rivals — Intel and NVIDIA.

AMD’s fusion family of accelerated processing units (APUs), a single die design, combines multi-core CPU (x86 technology) with DirectX 11-capable graphics and a parallel processing engine.

Over 11 fusion-based systems will be launched in India in the first half of 2011 from manufacturers including Sony, HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, MSI and Toshiba, AMD said.

Ravi Swaminathan, managing director and Regional vice-president, sales and marketing, AMD India, said, “AMD Fusion marks a monumental shift in computing performance, experience and possibilities because of the powerful combination, of CPUs and discrete-level GPUs. This will also allow our partners to offer exciting new form factors on a robust computing platform. With the APU technology in our stable, we will define the industry standard in personal computing.”

“There are two companies that are great in CPU arena, Intel and AMD. There are two companies that are great in graphics arena, NVIDIA and AMD.

There is only one company that has technological leadership in both these arenas, that is AMD," he further said. Manju Hegde, corporate VP, Fusion experience programme, said, “Through Fusion, AMD is targeting the “sweet spot” for accelerated HD experiences across notebooks, desktops and HD netbooks.”

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