AMD details Richland improvements

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Basically it is a faster,more energy efficient version of Trinity with bundled software:

http://techreport.com/news/24482/amd-intros-35w-richland-mobile-apus

http://hexus.net/tech/features/cpu/52825-amd-spills-details-mainstream-richland-apus/

 

[Doomedspeed]

Seems like they are just low power versions of trinity, Shame..

I'm not happy about this (if it's true):

Although the integrated Radeons have received only clock-speed adjustments, AMD has given them new, 8000-series model numbers.

That's going to cause confusion..

I do like the low power idea though, great for HTPC's though it'll only be noticed when under load or just doing nothing

Thanks to these improvements, AMD claims Richland consumes 17% less power than Trinity at idle and 38% less when playing 720p video. The two APUs purportedly offer comparable power consumption when browsing the web, though.

I didn't expected trinity to be replaced so soon, aren't they making most of AMD's CPU money?

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Nearly 70% of AMD CPU sales are their APUs including Bobcat and Llano. Kaveri is meant to be released before the end of the year,and Jaguar in the next few months.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Hoping I'll be able to drop the 5750m into my laptop when they are released.

 

[Boomstick777]

Re branding in the OEM channel is one thing, but re branding the same IGPU with only faster clock speed is just wrong lol.

AMD are about to launch a card that is actually based on the HD 8000 series arch but there gonna call that one the 7790!? Wtf

 

[Davedree]

it's refinement and debugging and fixing things that were integrated into trinity but weren't active.

I agree though the igpu renaming is just so wrong.

I wish this was a 28nm test kaveri with their first attempt at hsa and gcn and steamroller cores.
Giving them time to work on it for when kaveri is supposed to make its arrival.