14 DAY TRIAL // At the end of June, Sapphire has updated its EDGE-HD Mini-PC to feature a faster Intel Atom processor, but latest reports suggest that the Taiwanese company doesn't want to stop here and in the future it plans to launch an AMD Fusion version of the system.
The current EDGE-HD2 Mini PC is powered by a dual-core Intel Atom D525 processor which runs at 1.8GHz, has 1MB of cache and an estimated TDP of 13W.
In comparison, the AMD APU that is supposed to take its place features dual out-of-order Bobcat cores that are clocked at 1.6GHz as well as an on-die GPU, dubbed the Radeon HD 6310.
This is powered by 80 stream processors, 8 texturing units and 4 ROPs and also features the company's UVD 3 media decoding engine that enables the APU to playback 1080p Blu-ray content.
The rest of the hardware configuration of the EDGE-HD2 Mini PC is comprised out of 2GB of DDR3 system memory, a 320GB 2.5-inch SATA hard drive, an Nvidia second-generation ION GPU with 512MB of dedicated memory and a wide series of connectivity options, including 802.11 b/g/n wireless.
Right now, we don't know if the new version of the machine will feature the same specifications, but Sapphire isn't expected to make so many modifications apart from swapping the mainboard.
As far as the available connectors are regarded, the system features two USB 2.0 ports, an audio-in and one line-out jack, an Ethernet port, as well as VGA and HDMI video outputs. The Fusion-powered EDGE-HD could also get support for USB 3.0.
In addition to the Zacate E-350 edition of the EDGE-HD2 Mini-PC, Sapphire is also working on a version that will use one of Intel's upcoming Atom Cedar Trail processors.
Right now, we don't have any information regarding the release date of the Fusion-powered Sapphire EDGE-HD2 nettop. (via Fudzilla)