14 DAY TRIAL // Not long ago, some information has come to light about a certain set of accelerated processing units, and even a range of graphics processors, that AMD kept mum about up to that point in time.
We are, of course, referring to the mobile Kaveri Series of accelerated processing units, as well as the Crystal Series graphics processing units.
The Crystal Series GPUs rely on the Opal core, though there are some that are powered by the Topaz and Jet architectures as well.
The Opal XT, Topaz XT and Jet XT are the ones with all the features of the GPU unlocked (that's what the XT stands for after all).
The insides get more “crippled” as we pass to the “Pro” suffix. You see, not all chips come out perfectly from the assembly line, but that doesn't mean they all have to be scrapped.
Quite a few can be salvaged, and it's those that are used in the lower-end chips. It's common practice on the CPU, GPU, APU and SoC industry.
There's a single odd chip in the Crystal Series though, the Jet UL/ULT. It has a lower power draw than both the Jet Xt and the Jet Pro. AMD called the GPU Radeon R5 M230.
Speaking of names, we've included the table below, but the specifications are largely unknown at this time and will probably stay that way for a while. Sure, the DDR3 memory was mentioned, but that's hardly a surprise.
The processor (APU really) has 2.7 GHz cores (four of them), a Turbo Boost speed of 3.6 GHz, a Radeon R7 Series GPU with 600 MHz frequency (667 MHz boost) and 512 GCN Cores (Graphics Core Next). The TDP is 35W.
The ULV APUs in the line will probably be used more than this chip though, or just as much (put together anyhow). They do, after all, make do with just 17-19W of energy instead of 35. All things considered, the AMD A8-7200P is a bit of an oddity, since it, too, is a 35W chip but pretty weak otherwise, compared to the other pair.