14 DAY TRIAL // Although AMD's first Fusion chips were just launched, a wide number of manufacturers have already announced their support for the Brazos platform, including Lenovo, the company just introducing an All-in-One computer that can be configured with AMD-built Ontario and Zacate APUs.
As you probably know, this isn't the first Lenovo product to be based on AMD's new Brazos platform as the Chinese company has already released the ThinkPad X120e notebook earlier this week.
However, this is the first Lenovo AIO to be based on the Fusion technology, the top of the line model featuring the dual-core E-350 chip.
Clocked at 1.6GHz, this is the highest performing APU launched by AMD, its out-of-order architecture being able to deliver better performance than Intel's Atom series CPUs while also featuring an on-die integrated graphics unit.
Dubbed the Radeon HD 6310, this GPU offers discrete-class graphics thanks to its 80 stream processors and 500MHz clock speed.
In addition, the GPU is paired with AMD's UVD3 media engine and features hardware accelerated video decoding support for Full HD, 1080p, video content.
Moving back to Lenovo's AIO, this is called the C205 and is designed around a 18.5-inch HD 16:9 widescreen display that can be configured with an optional single-touch panel.
Furthermore, the all-in-one carries a web camera, microphone and integrated speakers.
According to Lenovo, the C205 can also be set up to use up to ATI Radeon HD 5450 1G graphics and an integrated DVD reader and writer.
Although I doubt that the HD 5450 graphics will bring any performance improvements when compared to the Radeon HD 6310 GPU integrated in the Zacate E-350 APU, the DVD burner could prove to be a nice addition.
Pricing for the C205 will start at $449.99 USD, but, unfortunately, we don't know when these units start shipping to retail stores.