14 DAY TRIAL // Asus has recently updated its product website to include a new revision of the 15.6-inch K53BY notebook model on AMD's yet unreleased C-60 and E-450 accelerated processing units, which are both expected to make their entrance in September.
The AMD APUs are based on the Brazos architecture introduced by AMD at the beginning of 2011, but they feature a number of tweaks meant to make them faster than their predecessors.
The most important improvement is the inclusion of AMD's Turbo Core technology than enables the APUs to dynamically increase the frequency of the integrated processing cores and GPU, according to the load placed by the operating system.
In the case of the E-450, Turbo Core is accompanied by a slightly faster core clock speeds (1.65GHz vs 1.6GHz) as well as by support for DDR3 1333MHz memory, compared to 1066MHz in the E-350.
Moving to the Asus machine which includes these two AMD accelerated processing units, this is built around an LED-backlit 15.6-inch display with a native resolution of 1366x768 pixels and is designed to run the Windows 7 operating system.
As a result, the notebook can be configured with up to 8GB of DDR3-1066 system memory, and storage is provided by various hard drive options with capacities ranging from 320GB to 750GB and with spindle speeds rated at 5400 or 7200 RPM.
A DVD burner also comes as a standard feature, but users can also opt for configuring the laptop with a Blu-ray drive, while those requiring even faster graphics than what the AMD APU can offer have the option of going for an HD 6470M GPU with either 512MB or 1GB of dedicated memory.
The rest of the specifications list includes 802.11 b/g/n, Gigabit Ethernet and optional Bluetooth connectivity, a 4 -in-1 card reader, a 0.3MP webcam, an HDMI video output and three USB 2.0 ports as well as Altec Lansing speakers.
Configured with the 6-cell 5200mAh battery pack, the Asus K53BY notebook weighs roughly 2.6kg. No information regarding pricing or availability of the AMD E-450 and C-60 powered notebooks has been disclosed.