14 DAY TRIAL // The thing about Kabini accelerated processing units is that they don't even qualify as CPUs anymore. Instead, they are more along the lines of SoCs (system-on-chip devices), and the new E1-2150 and A4-5050 prove it.
After all, a CPU (central processing unit) doesn't have much inside besides the CPU cores and memory controller, barring the integrated graphics.
Once upon a time, they had nothing but the x86 cores actually, with everything else covered by the chipset.
Now, though, AMD's APUs have integrated not only GPU cores, but also new technologies for direct memory access and the like. So they're SoCs instead of CPUs.
Anyway, Advanced Micro Devices is getting ready to release two new Kabini APUs, though we doubt it will raise a fuss about them. No PR release is expected.
One of them, called E1-2150, is a dual-core chip with a clock of 1.05 GHz and L2 cache memory of 1 MB, plus Radeon HD 8210 graphics.
Unfortunately, and before you ask, we still don't know the TDP and memory controller of the E1-2150. Even this much info came as a surprise, since it wasn't unveiled by AMD, but by the specifications of the HP 245 G2 and HP 255 G2 HP notebooks.
Presumably, the E-series unit has DDR3L-1333 memory, or DDR3-1066, and a TDP of 10W or less.
The other, called A4-5050, is a quad-core unit with a clock of 1.55 GHz, 2 MB of L2 cache memory and HD 8330 graphics. A DDR3L-1600 memory controller is included as well, and the TDP is of 13.5 watts.
The specification documents of the HP Pavilion 15 and Pavilion TouchSmart 15 notebooks revealed this info.
Most likely, the E1-2150 and A4-5050 Kabini accelerated processing units are OEM-only chips, so you'll never find them selling through retail channels. Instead, you'll only encounter them in embedded PCs, HTPCs and other pre-built systems.