14 DAY TRIAL // Though Intel probably isn't too happy about it, Advanced Micro Devices has been scoring quite a few design wins lately.
What we have here is a nettop, or mini personal computer, that Giada put together.
Called A51, it relies on an AMD T56N processor and the 850N FCH chipset, complete with Integrated GPU.
For those who don't know about it, AMD T56N is part of the embedded G-Series APU platform. It has two Zacate cores at 1.6 GHz, plus the Radeon HD 6320 GPU at 500 MHz.
The system should have a very easy time of running an Windows 7 or playing 1080p video with 5.1 surround sound, all on a power consumption of just 35W.
The rest of the specs are quite straightforward: 4 GB of RAM, a 320 GB HDD, Gigabit LAN, Wi-Fi, USB 3.0 (one port), four USB 2.0 connectors, a memory card reader, S/PDIF optical audio out and a couple of video outputs (HDMI, VGA).