14 DAY TRIAL // Since there are plenty of applications out there (especially in the embedded systems' market) that don't really require a video output, AMD has decided to take its G-Series APUs to a whole new level and released a couple of computing solutions featuring just the Bobcat computing core.
As some of you might know already, one of the most important selling points of AMD Fusion APUs is the fact that it “blends-in” graphics and CPU components on the same die, which enables a whole new level of performance and power efficiency.
However, there are certain types of systems out there (especially in the embedded segment) that actually target applications not requiring a screen, monitor, or input device (nor a graphics solution, for that matter) and that's exactly the reason why the company has just added three new low-power processors to the AMD Embedded G-Series platform that actually sport the Bobcat core alone, without the graphics part.
According to the company, these new CPUs offer 5W and 18W TDPs and are capable of providing a very good level of performance for the aforementioned systems, fully leveraging the computing power offered by the Bobcat core.
Beside the three CPUs, AMD also announced the release of a large number of support tools targeting specifically the embedded market segment and incentives for solutions developers, all of which are known collectively as the Systems and Technology track for the AMD Fusion Partner Program.
It's actually quite interesting to notice that the AMD Fusion platform is slowly, but surely, spreading into multiple directions and targeting all sorts of previously untapped segments, which means that it's most likely going to do a lot of growing over the next couple of years, not to mention the fact that it will certainly pose a major challenge for all of its competitors, especially Intel.