AMD announces availability of its Elite A-Series APUs for notebook PCs

AMD today announced the availability of its AMD Elite A-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs), formerly codenamed Richland. These processors, designed for use in notebook PCs, combine either two or four x86 CPU cores with a graphics engine derived from AMD’s Radeon HD 8000 series of discrete GPUs on the same chip.

In a briefing earlier this month, AMD indicated that it had been shipping Elite A-Series APUs since December, and that the components should begin appearing in traditional and performance notebooks later this month. AMD expects to release a low-voltage iteration of Richland APUs for use in ultrathin notebooks later in the first half of 2013.

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AMD claims that its top-of-the-line Elite A-Series APU outperforms Intel's Core i7 processor lineup.

AMD claims its Elite A-Series APUs deliver both higher performance—better graphics performance than an Intel Core i7—and improved battery life compared to its previous-generation APUs. The performance gains, AMD says, will enable an array of new user experiences, such as facial recognition to replace alpha-numeric passwords for security, and gesture control as an easier means of interacting with the PC than using a touchscreen.

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