Aug 5, 2011 11:13 GMT  ·  By

HP has recently updated the maintenance and service guide manual of its popular G4 series of notebooks to include an upcoming model that will be powered by AMD's yet unreleased E-450 low-power accelerated processing unit.

Once it is officially released, the E-450 is set to become AMD's fastest Brazos accelerated processing units, replacing the E-350 that was launched at the beginning of this year.

The chip itself is a tweaked version of the APU is meant to replace, raising the operating frequency of the two cores from 1.6GHz to 1.65GHz, while also adding a series of new features.

The most important of these is the inclusion of the Turbo Core technology, which can temporary boost the frequency of the processors cores as well as those of the integrated graphics core in order to deliver improved single-threaded performance when the need arises.

Another new feature is the introduction of support for DDR3 memory running at 1333MHz, which should significantly improve the bandwidth available to the integrated graphics core, all without affecting the TDP of the chip as this is rated at the same 18W as its predecessor.

In HP's notebook, the AMD APU can be seconded by as much as 8GB of DDR3 memory running at 1333MHz, while storage can be provided by a wide variety of hard drives with a spindle speed of 5400 or 7200 RPM and capacities ranging between 250GB and 750GB.

The standard configuration of the G4 notebook is shipped with a double-layer DVD drive, but users can also opt for a Blu-ray combo.

HP's customers have also the option of increasing the graphics performance of the system by opting for a discrete Radeon HD 6470M graphics card with up to 1GB of dedicated memory.

The rest of the specs list includes, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n and optional Bluetooth connectivity, a multi-format card reader, a 0.3MP webcam as well as a USB 3.0 port and HDMI video out.

The LED-backlit screen measures 14-inch in diagonal, has a native resolution of 1366x768 pixels and a typical brightness of 200 nits. Four battery options are available, with 6 and 9 cells, delivering from 47Wh to 100Wh. Pricing and availability is unknown.