14 DAY TRIAL // AMD may be preparing its next generation of Fusion chips and all other products it has in the works, but its current generation, in the meantime, is seeing the number of supporting platforms steadily growing, thanks to such contributions as ASUS' newest, small form factor board.
If anything can be said about the collection of motherboards with support for AMD's FM1 series of accelerated processing units (APUs), it is that more such things have been showing up each week.
This includes motherboards of all form factors, from the diminutive mini-ITX to the Full ATX, the same way mainstream processors can work in desktops of all sizes.
Not long ago, Gigabyte actually took a step that was bolder than those of most others, launching no less than 12 different products.
Now, ASUS is the one extending its services, although its preparations revolve around a single, mini-ITX board, this once at least.
Dubbed F1A75-I Deluxe, it was sighted back at the start of the current month (August, 2011), but only now has it been given a price and release date.
Specifically, it should not take more than two weeks for European stores to start shipping it, in exchange for the sum of 109 Euro.
For those that want a reminder, that price will net a pair of DDR3-1866 RAM (random access memory) slots, plus a PCI Express x16 slot.
The Dual Graphics technology will let an AMD add-in-board combine its might with that of whatever integrated GPU happens to be inside the APU.
Also, Dual Intelligent Processors (TPU and EPU) were implemented, as was a 4+2-phase DIGI+ VRM and four SATA 6.0 Gbps ports, for fast storage.
What's more, even a mini wireless keyboard (which doubles as a remote control) was thrown in the bundle.
Other specifications one might be interested in include Bluetooth, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, the obligatory Gigabit Ethernet, WEFI BIOS, 5.1 channel audio, eSATA and three display outputs (DVI, DisplayPort and HDMI)
Finally, USB 3.0 was added on top of everything else, so that even the fastest external and/or portable SSDs, HDDs and flash drives may work at their fullest.