14 DAY TRIAL // AMD's first generation of Fusion chips has really managed to capture the attention of the whole computing industry, but this may just be the beginning as reports seem to suggest that Samsung, together with other companies, is planning to release an important number of Llano-powered notebooks in the summer of 2011.
Llano will be AMD's second generation of Fusion processors and includes two of four processor cores packed together with an on-die DirectX 11 capable GPU.
This design enables the chips to offer a low power consumption as well as impressive amount of raw compute power and AMD targets the mid-range and high-end notebook models with these new APUs.
As far as performance is concerned, not so many details were revealed until now, but an early video demonstration published by AMD on YouTube proved that Llano can do more than keep up with Intel's Sandy Bridge mobile chips, especially when graphics comes into play.
Moving back to Samsung's plans, Donanim Haber reports that the company is negotiating with AMD to see if they can reach an understanding and start a broader collaboration.
According to the same source, Samsung plans to become the largest AMD notebook maker in the market, a position that is currently held by Acer.
Although this definitely is a tough goal to achieve, the Korean company has the distribution network as well as the financial resources required to enter such a fight.
AMD's first Llano processors are expected to make their debut in July of 2011, although some analysts believe that the company could start shipping these chips to notebook makers as soon as April.
This could mean that the first laptop models to feature the second-generation Fusion APUs should arrive in late May or early June, which would definitely help AMD in its fight against Intel.