14 DAY TRIAL // At the beginning of this summer, AMD is expected to launch its first processors based on the Llano architecture and a recent report suggests that the A8-3530MX APU is the company's fastest mobile Fusion APU to be released in 2011.
The A8-3530MX accelerated processing unit (APU) packs four x86 computing cores based on the company's K10.5 architecture which are paired together with an on-die GPU that features 400 streaming processors.
The base frequency of the chip is set at 1.9GHz and it can go all the way up to 2.6GHz thanks to the Turbo Core 2.0 technology which dynamically adjusts the CPU speed according to the number of threads used by the operating system.
Each of the four processing cores are paired together with 1MB of L2 cache and AMD's chip also features support for 1600MHz DDR3 memory as well as for low-power DDR3L memory.
The integrated graphics core is known as the Radeon HD 6620G, has a clock speed of 444MHz and is connected to the system's memory via a 128-bit wide bus.
This also features support for 3D Blu-ray hardware acceleration and its performance can be further increased by pairing the APU with a Radeon 6000-series graphics card thanks to the company's Hybrid CrossFireX technology.
Llano APUs are based on the K10.5+/Husky x86 architecture and, outside of the on-die graphics, they also feature an integrated dual-channel DDR3 memory controller, a PCI Express controller, up to 4MB of cache and select processors pack AMD's Turbo Core 2.0 dynamic acceleration technology.
Computer manufacturers can choose to pair the APU with AMD A60M or A70M chipsets, which both offer similar features outside of native USB 3.0 support which is only found in the A70M FCH.
The first AMD Llano accelerated processing units are expected to arrive on June 1, at the Computex 2011 fair. (via Nordic Hardware)
