AMD Shows Real Fusion ‘Bobcat’ APU in Blog Update – Low Power Use
John Taylor made a blog posting yesterday from Berlin at the IFA 2010 consumer electronics show that should be of interest to many of our readers. In a recent blog post he comments about the power levels of the AMD Fusion APU that they are showing off that is expected to be released in Q1 2011. He mentions that Fusion will be using a pair of low-power CPU cores codenamed “Bobcat” and that the cores are DirectX11 capable. At IFA 2010, AMD demonstrated the capabilities of a couple notebook versions these upcoming low-power AMD Fusion APUs and the results are amazing – just 9 Watts for ‘Ontario’ and 18 Watts for ‘Zacate’.
Brazos is the codename for the notebook, netbook and desktop platforms that will be built from the APU. But the APU itself comes in two flavors based on performance and (low) power draw:
- An 18-watt TDP APU codenamed Zacate for ultrathin, mainstream, and value notebooks as well as desktops and all-in-ones.
- And a 9-watt APU codenamed Ontario for netbooks and small form factor desktops and devices.
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