14 DAY TRIAL // AMD's Fusion Brazos seems to be getting quite a serious level of support from various system integrators and partners, since the chip manufacturer has just announced a strong lineup of motherboard products for AMD's 2011 low-power mobile platform (code-named "Brazos") and the AMD Embedded G-Series platform for embedded systems (code-named "eBrazos"), both based on the first AMD Fusion Accelerated Processing Units (APUs). The 2011 low-power mobile platforms feature the new 18-watt AMD E-Series APU (code-named "Zacate") or the 9-watt AMD C-Series APU (code-named "Ontario"), and will most likely get motherboards from leading original design manufacturers (ODMs), including ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI and SAPPHIRE.
Additional motherboard designs based on the AMD Embedded G-Series platform for embedded systems are scheduled for Q1 2011 availability to enable the next generation of embedded computing devices from digital signage and medical imaging to casino gaming machines and point-of-sale kiosks.
"AMD is ushering in a new era of personal computing, and our industry partners are ready to take advantage of the first ever AMD Fusion APU," said Chris Cloran, Corp. VP and GM, Computing Solutions Group, Client Division, AMD, adding that "by combining the processing of the CPU with the GPU on a single energy efficient chip, we believe their customers can take advantage of better price/performance, superior 1080p HD playback and small form factors for innovative designs."
"With the new AMD E-Series APU, we can provide our customers the cost-effective solutions they're looking for to build PCs with unrivalled image quality," said Joe Hsieh, Vice President of ASUS, also commented.
"Our AMD E-Series APU-based motherboards redefine the low-power, small PC experience to go beyond basic Internet browsing for today's digital lifestyle," added Mr. Hsieh.
"Whether our customers are looking for a low-power small form factor solution or a system capable of delivering blazingly fast performance, our latest motherboards based on the dual-core AMD E-Series APU are ready and capable of addressing their needs," Mr. Henry Kao, Senior VP of Global Sales and Marketing at GIGABYTE Technology Co. Ltd., also wanted to point out.
All we can say is that we're expecting Q1, 2011 to be a very exciting period from the point of view of new technologies, and we're eagerly looking forward for this boards to make it on the market.