14 DAY TRIAL // AMD is currently working on releasing a new revision for its A-Series Llano APUs launched in the middle of this year, which apparently will fix some of the erratas that are present in the current version of these chips.
The new revision of the APUs was spotted in an MSI document which details the compatibility of its motherboards with AMD accelerated processing units.
Unlike the Llano chips that are available until now, these new processors distinguish themselves by featuring a new suffix, as current parts carry the GX designation, while the upcoming chips are identified by the HX suffix.
According to Hardcore-Hardware, the changes between the two revisions are minor as they carry the same B0 stepping, which seems to point out that AMD has only introduced a series of CPU errata fixes.
Only four APUs in the Llano lineup will apparently get this new revision, all of these featuring two processing cores, 1MB of L2 cache and coming with a 65W TDP.
AMD launched its first Llano APUs at the end of June 2011, and this will be the first revision that the chips go through since their release.
According to the chip makers financial results for Q3 of 2011, APUs make up for around 90 percent of all its mobile processor shipments and approximately 60 percent of total client processors.
In addition to the new Llano revision, AMD is also working on a new stepping for its Bulldozer core, which was spotted in a public company document entitled “BIOS and Kernel’s Developers Guide (BKDG) for AMD Family 15h Models 00h-0Fh Processors.”
No information regarding the changes AMD wants to introduce in this stepping are available, but rumors seem to suggest that they will sport a series of performance improvements, meant to make the CPUs perform better against their competition.
