AMD had an interesting demonstration at CES this week where they compared one of the new Fusion based E-series APU netbook against an Intel dual-core N550 netbook when viewed through a thermal camera. The results were intriguing - both machines were playing back 1080p video on YouTube and while both were stutter free experiences, the heat produced by the Atom machine was definitely higher.
Sounds like Notbooks are making a dent: AMD says it's shipped five million Fusion processors since the architecture's debut, according to a report at CNET. In January, the company said the hybrid CPU / GPU chips had momentum, and as of last month it was quoting 3.9 million APUs out in the wild, but this week AMD says that demand has overtaken supply and it's completely sold out of the Atom alternative.
I'm a grad student, at my campus Netbooks and "small laptops" are VERY common.
The "small laptop" niche is exactly what most people seem to buy. I'm one of very, very few people who lug a 17" notebook around simply because I need the screen real estate and a 10-key. You'll see a 15" laptop here and there but for the most part it's these small notebooks/netbooks.
I've seen maybe one or two MB Airs on campus, ever. It's rare to see a Mac that isn't a 13" white plastic or aluminum but sometimes a 15" or 17" will pop up.
A £180 11" netbook that can run dow2 @1024 and be a 1080p media centre in a £4K home cinema without missing a beat gets a thumbs up from me.
To be honest, none of my friends own a netbook.
And, the be honest again, I don't think I've ever seen anybody toting around a netbook.
But then again, I don't have many friends and I stay in university campus all day.
Part one of Icrontic's look at the SAPPHIRE PURE Fusion E-350 sees how the low power APU handles our benchmark suite.
It's so little! I wonder what cool projects you could build with something like this.
A nice set top home pc box, to me there’s no reason to have such a small board. I really hate small boards they like disturb me for some reason. I had a bad experience a long time ago when I needed to add in a pci card but all my slots were blocked cause of my graphics card.
AMD today announced growing support from the PC software community with more than 50 mainstream applications currently accelerated by the new AMD Fusion Family of Accelerated Processing Units (APUs). The groundbreaking AMD Fusion APUs, available in PCs since early this year, help remove hardware barriers to allow software developers to deliver the most immersive computing experience possible.
